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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 ...
Noriaki 'The Legend' Kasai heads to eighth games seeking gold
When a 19-year-old Noriaki Kasai competed at the Winter Olympics for the first time, Kiichi Miyazawa was Japanese Prime Minister, Bill Clinton was campaigning to become the United States president and Michael Jordan was the NBA's Most Valuable Player. Over the 26 years since the ...
Sara Takanashi, who shares the all-time record for most individual ski jumping World Cup victories, finished fourth Sunday in her 100th career event on the global tour. In the final women's World Cup meet before the Pyeongchang Olympics, Takanashi was unable to pick up her ...
Sara Takanashi finished third in Saturday's World Cup ski jumping event and remains one win short of the all-time record for individual victories. Norway's Maren Lundby claimed her sixth straight World Cup gold with 256.0 points, recording jumps of 88.5 and 91.0 meters, finishing ahead ...
Sara Takanashi to replace Noriaki Kasai as flag-bearer for opening ceremony
Sara Takanashi will replace fellow ski jumper Noriaki Kasai as Japan's flag-bearer during the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics' opening ceremony, the Japanese Olympic Committee announced Tuesday. The 45-year-old Kasai will be abroad and unable to attend the opening ceremony. Nicknamed "Legend" for his age-defying feats in ...
Yuki Ito and Sara Takanashi finish second and third at World Cup event
Yuki Ito and Sara Takanashi finished second and third, respectively, at a ski jumping World Cup event on Sunday. Ito managed jumps of 90.5 and 91.5 meters at Kuraray Zao Schanze en route to scoring 215.7 points. She finished 30.2 points behind Norway's Maren Lundby, ...
