“Shocker”. The Norwegians thunder before the P¦ competition in Zakopane

The Japanese are the biggest disappointment this season in ski jumping. In TCS, their best player was Ryoyu Kobayashi ranked 18th. The other Japanese did so badly that the team went back to their country to train. This means that no Japanese will take part in the World Cup competition, which will take place this weekend in Zakopane.

The Japanese will not take part in the World Cup in Zakopane. And in PK, they’re betting on Noriaki Kasai

At the same time, the Continental Cup (COC) competition is held in Sapporo. This is the second highest level of competition in show jumping. Among the participants is Noriaki Kasai, who will turn 51 in June. The Japanese is a jumping legend, but has not jumped in the Continental Cup since December 28, 2020. Now he wants to compete in international competition again. The Norwegian portal Dagbladet comments on this directly: “Japan has hit rock bottom. An abomination.”

– What can I say! A small piece of ski jumping history is being written, says Norway’s sporting director, Clas Brede Brathen. – I hope he’s in better shape than me (laughs). If not, it will be a list filler. But he is a legend in our sport. Both because he was a good ski jumper and won a lot, and because he has been ski jumping for so long.

“I don’t remember us withdrawing the entire team from the World Cup weekend,” Brathen says of the Japanese move. in front of your own audience. Due to the so-called national quota, Japan will be able to field a total of 12 players.

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Kasai has 569 World Cup starts and 17 wins. He has the gold of the World Cup in ski flying, two silver Olympic medals. The World Cup will come to Zakopane this weekend. Official trainings will take place on Friday, and at Qualifying will take place at 6:00 p.m.