Ski jumping: Kasai warms up for Sochi with Sapporo victory

Ski jumping: Kasai warms up for Sochi with Sapporo victory

SAPPORO, Japan - Japan's Sochi Olympic captain Noriaki Kasai makes a bent-kneed Telemark landing on his second jump at the men's ski jumping HTB Cup event on the Okurayama K-120 hill in Sapporo on Jan. 18, 2014. Kasai won the event with jumps of 136.5 and 133 meters.

First pumped storage power station in Xinjiang, China under construction

STORY: First pumped storage power station in Xinjiang, China under construction DATELINE: March 29, 2022 LENGTH: 0:00:55 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the construction site STORYLINE: The first pumped storage power station in Xinjiang, China is under construction. The main structure of the dam of the upper reservoir was completed last weekend. It's 133 meters high and 431 meters long. This marked the completion of the main structure of both dams of the power station. The power plant is expected to start generating electricity in 2024. A pumped storage hydropower station configurates two water reservoirs at different elevations, which can generate power as water moves down from one to the other. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Urumqi, China. (XHTV)

Koudelka of the Czech Republic wins Sapporo World Cup ski jumping

Koudelka of the Czech Republic wins Sapporo World Cup ski jumping

Roman Koudelka of the Czech Republic soars through the air during his first jump of a World Cup ski jumping competition at Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Jan. 25, 2015. Koudelka won for the fourth time this season with a score of 282.9 points from jumps of 133 and 132 meters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo