More Sports / Winter Sports Dec 19, 2020
The competitors were forced to contend with difficult conditions, with a relentless tailwind causing even the most well-credentialed jumpers.
More Sports / Winter Sports Nov 12, 2020
Ski jumping World Cup events in Sapporo called off due to coronavirus
Four ski jumping World Cup events scheduled for January and February in Sapporo next year have been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, organizers said Thursday. The Ski Association of Sapporo said the International Ski Federation-sanctioned events were called off following a surge of infections ...
Winter Sports Oct 25, 2020
The women's ski jumping World Cup round scheduled for Jan. 15-17 at the Zao resort in northeastern Japan's Yamagata Prefecture will be canceled because of difficulties arising from the novel coronavirus pandemic, multiple sources with knowledge of the matter said Saturday. Without a loosening of ...
Winter Sports May 7, 2020
Ski jumper Noriaki Kasai recognized by Guinness for most World Cup starts
Japanese ski jumper Noriaki Kasai has received a Guinness World Records certificate for extending the record for the most individual starts in FIS Ski Jumping World Cup events to 569. "I will continue to do my best so I can extend the record even more," ...
More Sports / Winter Sports Mar 10, 2020
Sara Takanashi collects win, earns 100th career podium finish
Sara Takanashi claimed her 100th World Cup podium finish on Monday, winning a rescheduled ski jumping event. The 23-year-old is moving closer to the all-time podium record held by retired Finn Janne Ahonen, who finished in the top-three 108 times and claimed 36 ski jump ...
More Sports Feb 17, 2020
Ryoyu Kobayashi finishes behind Stefan Kraft in latest World Cup event
Defending ski jumping World Cup men's champion Ryoyu Kobayashi finished second on Sunday behind World Cup leader Stefan Kraft of Austria. On a day when the second round of jumps had to be abandoned due to strong wind, Kobayashi leapt 242.5 meters but got relatively ...
More Sports / Winter Sports | Ski jumping Feb 2, 2020
Ryoyu Kobayashi third in Ski Jumping World Cup, Austria's Stefan Kraft triumphs in Sapporo
Ryoyu Kobayashi finished third in Sunday's FIS Ski Jumping World Cup in Sapporo as Austria's Stefan Kraft won the second of two competitions held in the northern Japan city over the weekend. Kraft, Saturday's runner-up, was the standout performer in difficult conditions on Okurayama Hill, ...
More Sports / Winter Sports Feb 1, 2020
Yukiya Sato won his second career individual ski jumping World Cup event on Saturday, when he landed a strong second jump at Okurayama Hill. The 24-year-old Sato, who lives in Sapporo, was sixth after the first round of jumps, but landed a 138.5-meter second jump ...
More Sports / Winter Sports Dec 30, 2019
Ryoyu Kobayashi secured his third World Cup win of the season on Sunday as the reigning overall title holder comfortably won the Four Hills Tournament opener in Oberstdorf. Having become only the third jumper in history to sweep all four events at a Four Hills ...
More Sports / Winter Sports Dec 23, 2019
Ryoyu Kobayashi claimed his second victory of the season on Sunday to boost his prospects of retaining the overall World Cup title. The 23-year-old reigning overall World Cup champion, who won last weekend at Klingenthal in Germany, overcame difficult conditions to record jumps of 132.5 ...
More Sports / Winter Sports Dec 8, 2019
Ski jumper Yukiya Sato claimed his first World Cup win on Saturday, coming from behind in the men's large hill event in Nizhny Tagil, Russia. Sato earned 251.6 points to finish 1.5 ahead of Germany's Karl Geiger. Australia's Philipp Aschenwald took third with 249.4 points. The ...
More Sports Aug 19, 2019
Sara Takanashi won the FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix title for the eighth straight year despite not participating in the final women's competition in the Czech Republic on Sunday. Takanashi's two wins at earlier events in Germany and France were enough to clinch the title ...