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Japan's Takanashi rallies to win 2nd title of season

SAPPORO, Japan - (From L) Carina Vogt of Germany, Sara Takanashi of Japan and Chiara Hoelzl of Austria pose on the podium after the third women's FIS Ski Jumping World Cup event at Miyanomori Jump Stadium in the northeastern city of Sapporo on Jan. 11, 2015. Takanashi won her second consecutive title of the season while Vogt came second and Hoelzl third.

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Japan's Takanashi rallies to win 2nd title of season

SAPPORO, Japan - Japan's Sara Takanashi smiles after her victory in the third women's FIS Ski Jumping World Cup event at Miyanomori Jump Stadium in the northeastern city of Sapporo on Jan. 11, 2015. Takanashi won her second consecutive title of the season with jumps of 87 and 97 meters for a total of 236.3 points.

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Japan's Takanashi rallies to win 2nd title of season

SAPPORO, Japan - Japan's Sara Takanashi soars through the air on her first jump at the third women's FIS Ski Jumping World Cup event at Miyanomori Jump Stadium in the northeastern city of Sapporo on Jan. 11, 2015. Takanashi won her second consecutive title of the season with jumps of 87 and 97 meters for a total of 236.3 points.

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Japan's Takanashi rallies to win 2nd title of season

SAPPORO, Japan - Japan's Sara Takanashi waves to the crowd after winning the third women's FIS Ski Jumping World Cup event at Miyanomori Jump Stadium in the northeastern city of Sapporo on Jan. 11, 2015. Takanashi won her second consecutive title of the season with jumps of 87 and 97 meters for a total of 236.3 points.

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Japan's Takanashi rallies to win 2nd title of season

SAPPORO, Japan - Japan's Sara Takanashi celebrates after her second jump at the third women's FIS Ski Jumping World Cup event at Miyanomori Jump Stadium in the northeastern city of Sapporo on Jan. 11, 2015. Takanashi won her second consecutive title of the season with jumps of 87 and 97 meters for a total of 236.3 points.

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Japan's Takanashi rallies to win 2nd title of season

SAPPORO, Japan - Japan's Sara Takanashi soars through the air on her first jump at the third women's FIS Ski Jumping World Cup event at Miyanomori Jump Stadium in the northeastern city of Sapporo on Jan. 11, 2015. Takanashi won her second consecutive title of the season with jumps of 87 and 97 meters for a total of 236.3 points.

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Japan's Takanashi rallies to win 2nd title of season

SAPPORO, Japan - Japan's Sara Takanashi soars through the air on her first jump at the third women's FIS Ski Jumping World Cup event at Miyanomori Jump Stadium in the northeastern city of Sapporo on Jan. 11, 2015. Takanashi won her second consecutive title of the season with jumps of 87 and 97 meters for a total of 236.3 points.

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Takanashi wins Megmilk Snow Brand competition

SAPPORO, Japan - (From L) Yuka Seto, Sara Takanashi and Yuki Ito pose for photos during a victory ceremony at the Megmilk Snow Brand competition at Miyanomori Ski Jump Stadium in the northern Japan city of Sapporo on Jan. 4, 2015. Takanashi won the competition while Seto came second and Ito finished third.

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Takanashi wins Megmilk Snow Brand competition

SAPPORO, Japan - Japan's Sara Takanashi soars through the air during the women's ski jumping at the Megmilk Snow Brand competition at Miyanomori Ski Jump Stadium in the northern Japan city of Sapporo on Jan. 4, 2015. Takanashi won the competition with 230.0 points.

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Japan's Kasai 3rd at World Cup jump in Sapporo

SAPPORO, Japan - (from L to R) Jernej Damjan and Peter Prevc, both from Slovenia, and Noriaki Kasai of Japan pose during an award ceremony for a World Cup jumping event on the Miyanomori Hill in Sapporo on Jan. 25, 2014. Prevc won the event, followed by compatriot Damjan. Kasai came in third.

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Japan's Kasai 3rd at World Cup jump in Sapporo

SAPPORO, Japan - Noriaki Kasai of Japan acknowledges cheers from spectators after coming in third at a World Cup ski jumping event on the K-120 Miyanomori Hill in Sapporo on Jan. 25, 2014.

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Japan's Kasai 3rd at World Cup jump in Sapporo

SAPPORO, Japan - Noriaki Kasai of Japan soars into the air on his first jump at a World Cup ski jumping event on the K-120 Miyanomori Hill in Sapporo on Jan. 25, 2014. Kasai, Japan's delegation captain for next month's Sochi Olympics, came in third at the event, scoring his fourth podium finish of the season.

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World Cup ski jumping in Sapporo

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo shows Japan's Sara Takanashi at the award ceremony of a women's World Cup ski jumping event in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Jan. 12, 2014. Takanashi landed jumps of 97 and 91 meters on the K-90 Miyanomori hill to earn 237.1 points and her sixth victory of the season.

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World Cup ski jumping in Sapporo

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo shows (from L) France's Coline Mattel, Japan's Sara Takanashi and Russia's Irina Avvakumova at the award ceremony of a women's World Cup ski jumping event in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Jan. 12, 2014. Takanashi landed jumps of 97 and 91 meters on the K-90 Miyanomori hill to earn 237.1 points and her sixth victory of the season. Mattel and Avvakumova finished second and third, respectively.

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World Cup ski jumping in Sapporo

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo shows the first jump of Japan's Sara Takanashi at a women's World Cup ski jumping event in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Jan. 12, 2014. Takanashi landed jumps of 97 and 91 meters on the K-90 Miyanomori hill to earn 237.1 points and her sixth victory of the season.

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Sapporo World Cup ski jumping

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo shows the first jump of Austria's Jacqueline Seifriedsberger at a World Cup women's ski jumping event at Miyanomori hill in Hokkaido on Feb. 3, 2013. Seifriedsberger took her first World Cup gold medal with 245.7 points from jumps of 94 and 93 meters.

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Sapporo World Cup ski jumping

SAPPORO, Japan - (From L) Norway's Anette Sagen, Austria's Jacqueline Seifriedsberger and Sarah Hendrickson of the United States stand on the podium at Miyanomori hill in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Feb. 3, 2013, after finishing second, first and third respectively at a World Cup women's ski jumping event.

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Veteran Funaki soars to victory

SAPPORO, Japan - Veteran Kazuyoshi Funaki celebrates after winning the Snow Brand Megmilk Cup ski jumping meet at Miyanomori hill in Sapporo on Jan. 3, 2011. The Nagano Olympic large hill champion won his second straight national event.

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Veteran Funaki soars to victory

SAPPORO, Japan - Veteran Kazuyoshi Funaki soars to win the Snow Brand Megmilk Cup ski jumping meet at Miyanomori hill in Sapporo on Jan. 3, 2011. The Nagano Olympic large hill champion won his second straight national event.

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Watase wins Snow Brand Cup

SAPPORO, Japan - Yuta Watase soars through the air during the first round of the Snow Brand Cup ski jumping event at the K-90 Miyanomori hill in Sapporo on Jan. 3, 2010. Watase recorded the longest jumps in both rounds to win his first Snow Brand Cup title.

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Watase wins Snow Brand Cup

SAPPORO, Japan - Yuta Watase celebrates after winning the Snow Brand Cup ski jumping event at the K-90 Miyanomori hill in Sapporo on Jan. 3, 2010. Watase recorded the longest jumps in both rounds to win his first Snow Brand Cup title.

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Veteran Okabe wins Snow Brand title

SAPPORO, Japan - Veteran ski jumper Takanobu Okabe nailed the day's longest jump of 97 meters on his first attempt en route to winning his third straight domestic event of the season at the Snow Brand Cup on the Miyanomori hill in Hokkaido on Jan. 4.

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Ito wins national normal hill crown

SAPPORO, Japan - Daiki Ito outperformed the rest of the field in both rounds of jumps to win the normal hill title of the ski jumping national championships on the K-90 Miyanomori hill in Hokkaido on Jan. 27.

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Germany's Stephan Hocke wins Sapporo Olympic memorial

SAPPORO, Japan - Stephan Hocke of Germany soars through the air at the Sapporo Olympic memorial on the K-90 Miyanomori hill in Sapporo on Jan. 11. Hocke scored 252.5 to win the event.

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Skupien of Poland wins Sapporo Olympic Memorial ski jump

SAPPORO, Japan - Wojciech Skupien of Poland wins the Sapporo Olympic Memorial International Jump at Miyanomori Hill in Sapporto on Jan. 12 with leaps of 90.5 meters and 98 meters for a total of 244 points.

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Fukita edges Harada to win Olympic memorial ski jumping

SAPPORO, Japan - Yukitaka Fukita leaps 86 and 93.5 meters to win the Sapporo Olympic Memorial ski jumping meet, edging Japanese Olympic team veteran Masahiko Harada for his first-ever triumph at the annual event on the Miyanomori K-90 hill Jan. 12.

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Ski jumping: Japanese championships

Ryoyu Kobayashi competes in the men's normal hill event of the national ski jumping championships at Miyanomori Schanze in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Oct. 22, 2021.

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Ski jumping: Japanese championships

Ryoyu Kobayashi competes in the men's normal hill event of the national ski jumping championships at Miyanomori Schanze in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Oct. 22, 2021.

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Ski jumping: Japanese championships

Ryoyu Kobayashi competes in the men's normal hill event of the national ski jumping championships at Miyanomori Schanze in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Oct. 22, 2021.

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Ski jumping: Japanese championships

Sara Takanashi celebrates after winning the women's normal hill event at the national ski jumping championships at Miyanomori Schanze in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Oct. 22, 2021.

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Ski jumping: Japanese championships

Sara Takanashi competes in the women's normal hill event of the national ski jumping championships at Miyanomori Schanze in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Oct. 22, 2021.

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Ski jumping: Japanese championships

Ryoyu Kobayashi competes in the men's normal hill event of the national ski jumping championships at Miyanomori Schanze in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Oct. 22, 2021.

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Ski jumping: Japanese championships

Sara Takanashi competes in the women's normal hill event of the national ski jumping championships at Miyanomori Schanze in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Oct. 22, 2021.

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Ski jumping: Japanese championships

Sara Takanashi competes in the women's normal hill event of the national ski jumping championships at Miyanomori Schanze in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Oct. 22, 2021.

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Skupien of Poland wins Sapporo Olympic Memorial ski jump

SAPPORO, Japan - Wojciech Skupien of Poland wins the Sapporo Olympic Memorial International Jump at Miyanomori Hill in Sapporto on Jan. 12 with leaps of 90.5 meters and 98 meters for a total of 244 points. (Kyodo)

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Germany's Stephan Hocke wins Sapporo Olympic memorial

SAPPORO, Japan - Stephan Hocke of Germany soars through the air at the Sapporo Olympic memorial on the K-90 Miyanomori hill in Sapporo on Jan. 11. Hocke scored 252.5 to win the event. (Kyodo)

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Ito wins national normal hill crown

SAPPORO, Japan - Daiki Ito outperformed the rest of the field in both rounds of jumps to win the normal hill title of the ski jumping national championships on the K-90 Miyanomori hill in Hokkaido on Jan. 27. (Kyodo)

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Veteran Okabe wins Snow Brand title

SAPPORO, Japan - Veteran ski jumper Takanobu Okabe nailed the day's longest jump of 97 meters on his first attempt en route to winning his third straight domestic event of the season at the Snow Brand Cup on the Miyanomori hill in Hokkaido on Jan. 4. (Kyodo)

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Fujisawa recalls failed ski jump at 1972 Sapporo Olympics

Takashi Fujisawa recalls his failed jump in the 70-meter event at the 1972 Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo, northern Japan, as seen in this file photo taken at the Miyanomori Ski Jump Stadium, the venue of the competition, on Jan. 9, 2015. Three other Japanese jumpers swept the medals in the event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fujisawa has bitter memory of failed jump at 1972 Sapporo Olympics

Takashi Fujisawa speaks of his bitter memory of a failed ski jump in the 70-meter event at the 1972 Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo, northern Japan, at the Miyanomori Ski Jump Stadium, the venue of the competition, on Jan. 9, 2015. Three other Japanese jumpers swept the medals in the event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takanashi wins 3rd straight World Cup jump

(From L) Runner-up Daniela Iraschko-Stolz of Austria, winner Sara Takanashi of Japan and third-placed Jaqueline Seifriedsberger of Austria pose during the award ceremony for a women's World Cup ski jumping event at Sapporo's Miyanomori Ski Jump Stadium in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 17, 2016. Takanashi has won four of the five individual events held this season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takanashi wins 3rd straight World Cup jump

Japan's Sara Takanashi soars through the air in her first jump for a women's World Cup ski jumping event at Sapporo's Miyanomori Ski Jump Stadium in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 17, 2016. Takanashi has won four of the five individual events held this season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Evergreen ski jumper Kasai captures 1st Megmilk Cup

Noriaki Kasai (L) and Sara Takanashi pose for a photo after winning the men's and women's events of the Snow Brand Megmilk Cup on the K-90 hill at Miyanomori Ski Jump Stadium in Sapporo on Jan. 9, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Takanashi rallies to win 2nd title of season

SAPPORO, Japan - Japan's Sara Takanashi soars through the air on her first jump at the third women's FIS Ski Jumping World Cup event at Miyanomori Jump Stadium in the northeastern city of Sapporo on Jan. 11, 2015. Takanashi won her second consecutive title of the season with jumps of 87 and 97 meters for a total of 236.3 points. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Takanashi rallies to win 2nd title of season

SAPPORO, Japan - (From L) Carina Vogt of Germany, Sara Takanashi of Japan and Chiara Hoelzl of Austria pose on the podium after the third women's FIS Ski Jumping World Cup event at Miyanomori Jump Stadium in the northeastern city of Sapporo on Jan. 11, 2015. Takanashi won her second consecutive title of the season while Vogt came second and Hoelzl third. (Kyodo)

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Takanashi wins Megmilk Snow Brand competition

SAPPORO, Japan - Japan's Sara Takanashi soars through the air during the women's ski jumping at the Megmilk Snow Brand competition at Miyanomori Ski Jump Stadium in the northern Japan city of Sapporo on Jan. 4, 2015. Takanashi won the competition with 230.0 points. (Kyodo)

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Veteran Funaki soars to victory

SAPPORO, Japan - Veteran Kazuyoshi Funaki celebrates after winning the Snow Brand Megmilk Cup ski jumping meet at Miyanomori hill in Sapporo on Jan. 3, 2011. The Nagano Olympic large hill champion won his second straight national event. (Kyodo)

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Veteran Funaki soars to victory

SAPPORO, Japan - Veteran Kazuyoshi Funaki soars to win the Snow Brand Megmilk Cup ski jumping meet at Miyanomori hill in Sapporo on Jan. 3, 2011. The Nagano Olympic large hill champion won his second straight national event. (Kyodo)

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Ski jumping: Sapporo Olympic Memorial

Reruhi Shimizu poses for photos after winning the men's title at the Sapporo Olympic Memorial ski jumping event at Miyanomori stadium in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Jan. 6, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ski jumping: Sapporo Olympic Memorial

Sara Takanashi meets the press after winning the women's title at the Sapporo Olympic Memorial ski jumping event at Miyanomori stadium in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Jan. 6, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo