Japan's Sara Takanashi overcame difficult weather Sunday to claim her first World Cup victory of the season and end Maren Lundby's winning streak. At Ljubno's Savina Ski Jumping Center, Takanashi triumphed in severe wind conditions that saw qualification cancelled and caused several delays over the ...
Ryoyu Kobayashi lifts Japan to third at World Cup team event
Overall leader and breakout talent Ryoyu Kobayashi helped Japan's men reach their first World Cup team podium of the season on Sunday. Kobayashi's final 125-meter jump lifted Japan over favorites Poland as the team came back from fourth place in the first round to end ...
Ski jumper Ryoyu Kobayashi won the flying hill event held in the German resort of Oberstdorf Saturday for his 10th victory of the World Cup season. Kobayashi, who scored 427.0 points with jumps of 224 and 234 meters on the 235-meter hill, extended his lead ...
Japan's Ryoyu Kobayashi finished third in the competition in Sapporo on Sunday, landing on the ski jumping World Cup podium for the first time in four meets. Kobayashi recorded jumps of 124.5 and 129.5 meters in the large hill individual event to finish with a ...
Ryoyu Kobayashi moved by hero's welcome upon return to Japan
Ski jumper Ryoyu Kobayashi said he was "surprised" to be greeted by so many television cameras and reporters at Haneda airport on Tuesday as he returned home midway through his remarkable breakout season. Kobayashi has won nine events on the World Cup circuit this season, ...
Ski jumping: Kobayashi misses out on historical World Cup 7-peat
Ryoyu Kobayashi saw his World Cup winning streak end Sunday when he finished seventh in the second men's large hill individual competition of the weekend, won by Poland's Dawid Kubacki. Kobayashi, who became the fifth male ski jumper to win six consecutive International Ski Federation ...
Ryoyu Kobayashi jumps to sixth straight victory on World Cup circuit
Ryoyu Kobayashi added a sixth straight ski jumping World Cup win to his resume on Saturday in Italy. The 22-year-old Kobayashi landed jumps of 135 and 136 meters to lead the pack with 315.0 points in Val Di Fiemme, becoming the fifth person to win ...
Sapporo Olympic champion Yukio Kasaya pays tribute to Ryoyu Kobayashi
Ryoyu Kobayashi's stunning victory at the prestigious Four Hills Tournament brought a thrill not only to the 22-year-old himself, but to 75-year-old Yukio Kasaya, Japan's first Olympic ski jump champion. In the winter of 1971-72, Kasaya just missed becoming Japan's first Four Hills champ despite ...
Ryoyu Kobayashi becomes first Japanese to complete Four Hills grand slam
Ryoyu Kobayashi made history on Sunday as he completed a grand slam at the prestigious Four Hills tournament to become the first Japanese in two decades to win the overall title at the ski jumping competition. Kobayashi is the first Japanese to achieve the Four ...
Ski jumper Ryoyu Kobayashi extends winning streak to four on World Cup circuit
Ryoyu Kobayashi won his fourth World Cup title in a row at this year's edition of the Four Hills Tournament on Friday, becoming the first-Japanese male to reach the milestone. Kobayashi landed jumps of 136.5 and 131 meters on the large hill to win the ...
Ryoyu Kobayashi claimed his third straight, and sixth overall, World Cup title Tuesday after sweeping the German legs of the 67th edition of the Four Hills Tournament. Kobayashi recorded jumps of 136.5 and 133 meters at the large hill in Garmisch-Partenkirchen to top the 50-man ...
Kobayashi wins Four Hills opener for fifth World Cup title of season
Ryoyu Kobayashi picked up his fifth World Cup title of the season with a win at the Four Hills Tournament opener on Sunday night. Kobayashi posted jumps of 138.5 and 126.5 meters in heavy winds for a 282.3 total score, just 0.4 ahead of Germany's ...
