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A day after missing the podium for the first time this season, Ryoyu Kobayashi cemented his position as the world's best ski jumper with a convincing World Cup victory in Switzerland on Sunday. The win keeps Kobayashi atop this season's World Cup standings ahead of ...
Ryoyu Kobayashi captured another men's ski jumping title Sunday, following up his first victory on the previous day with another win at the FIS World Cup event in the Finnish resort of Ruka. Kobayashi registered the day's biggest jump of 147.5 meters after a ...
Ryoyu Kobayashi won the men's ski jumping title Saturday at the FIS World Cup event in the Finnish resort of Ruka, topping the podium for the first time in his career. The 22-year-old Pyeongchang Olympian, and younger brother of ski jumper Junshiro Kobayashi, landed a ...
Sara Takanashi wins seventh straight summer GP ski jumping title
Sara Takanashi placed third in the women's individual large hill event in Russia on Sunday, which was enough to make her the overall champion in the summer FIS Grand Prix series for the seventh year in a row. Takanashi, who won the first four competitions, ...
Sara Takanashi won the women's ski jumping summer Grand Prix competition Saturday, followed in second by compatriot Yuki Ito in Hinterzarten, Germany. Takanashi, who won bronze at February's Pyeongchang Olympics, sat in second place behind Ito after her first jump of 105 meters, but came ...
Ski jumper Sara Takanashi vows to extend World Cup wins record
Ski jumper Sara Takanashi said Tuesday she aims to extend her record number of World Cup victories as she returned to Japan after winning the season-ending event in Germany. Two days after closing the season with her 55th win, Takanashi received a certificate from Guinness ...
Sara Takanashi ended the women's ski jumping season on a winning note Sunday when she claimed her second straight World Cup victory and 55th of her career. A day after pushing past Austrian Gregor Schlierenzauer to become the sole holder of the record for individual ...
Sara Takanashi captured her elusive 54th career victory on Saturday to become the ski jumper with more World Cup wins than any other in the world. With jumps of 100.5 and 96.5 meters, Takanashi earned 227.1 points over Austria's Daniela Iraschko-Stolz (224.1) and Norway's Maren ...
Noriaki Kasai receives spot on Japan's four-man squad for team final
Japan coach Chiharu Saito has stuck with struggling veteran Noriaki Kasai for Monday's team competition. A night after eight-time Winter Olympian Kasai failed to advance to the final round of the large hill event, Saito on Sunday said Kasai will jump third for Japan. Taku Takeuchi ...
Kamil Stoch retained his large hill ski jump title with a dominant display on Saturday to become Poland's most successful Winter Olympic athlete. With the final jump of the competition, Stoch secured victory over Germany's Andreas Wellinger, with Norway's Robert Johansson taking the bronze. Stoch ended ...
Ryoyu Kobayashi places third in large jump qualifier
Ryoyu Kobayashi placed third in the qualifying round of the men's large hill jump at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre on Friday night to clinch a spot in Saturday night's finals. Kobayashi, a 21-year-old from Iwate Prefecture, vaulted 143.5 meters to earn a score of ...
Noriaki Kasai, three compatriots qualify for men's normal hill jump finals
Ski jumping legend Noriaki Kasai, competing in his eighth Winter Olympics, placed 20th in the qualifying round of the men's normal hill jump on Thursday night at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre to clinch a spot in Saturday night's finals. The 45-year-old, who appeared in ...
