Yuki Ito won the second event of the women's ski jumping summer Grand Prix competition on Friday, while Sara Takanashi was disqualified in the qualification because her ski length did not meet regulations. Ito, who was third at the season's first meet last week, soared ...

Sara Takanashi and Yuki Ito finished second and third, respectively, at the first summer Grand Prix competition of the season on Friday. Takanashi started off with a jump of 89.0 meters and tried to make up for it with a 90.0 for a score of ...

Yuki Ito got the better of this season's overall World Cup winner Sara Takanashi to claim the International Miyasama Ski Games title on Saturday. Ito, who won her first career World Cup event and four overall this season, jumped 99.5 meters to score 131.0 points ...

Naoki Nakamura led Japan to a 1-2 finish in the men's large hill individual event at the Asian Winter Games on Friday. Nakamura posted jumps of 141.5 and 123 meters at Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium to earn 255.3 points ahead of compatriot Yuken Iwasa and ...

Yukiya Sato and Yuken Iwasa won the gold and silver medals, respectively, to give Japan a 1-2 finish in the individual competition in men's normal hill ski jumping at the Asian Winter Games on Wednesday. A day after the event was delayed due to strong ...

Ski jumping star Sara Takanashi captured the 53rd World Cup event title of her career to tie Austrian Gregor Schlierenzauer’s all-time record at a meet on Thursday. A day after securing her fourth overall World Cup title, the 20-year-old Takanashi had jumps of 99.5 and ...

Sara Takanashi continued her return to dominance in women's ski jumping, winning her third straight World Cup competition on Sunday. Takanashi had leaps of 89 meters and 92 meters on the 94-meter hill for a total of 254.8 points, both jumps the day's best, for ...

Three-time overall champion Sara Takanashi won the 50th women's ski jumping World Cup competition of her career on Sunday. The victory snapped a brief drought for Takanashi, who failed to win in any of the four competitions recently held in Japan. The win leaves her ...

Yuki Ito earned her second straight World Cup win on Saturday, beating Sara Takanashi by 0.8 points for her third career win — all coming in an eight-day span on home soil. Ito's initial 100-meter jump was the day's longest, while Takanashi opened with a ...

Yuki Ito came from behind to capture her second title of the season on home soil on the first day of a women's World Cup meet on Friday, while Sara Takanashi finished in fifth place. Ito, the winner in Sapporo last Saturday, managed 89.5 meters ...

Yuki Ito captured her first World Cup title on Saturday after finishing ahead of compatriot and three-time overall winner Sara Takanashi. Ito, 22, leaped 95 and 96 meters in her two attempts to post 254.3 points at the K-90 Miyanomori Schanze, slotting her ahead of ...