Takanashi wins Megmilk Snow Brand competition

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.

(BEIJING2022) CHINA-ZHANGJIAKOU-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-SKI JUMPING (CN)

(BEIJING2022) CHINA-ZHANGJIAKOU-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-SKI JUMPING (CN)

(220205) -- ZHANGJIAKOU, Feb. 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Seto Yuka of Japan competes during Ski Jumping Women's Normal Hill Individual 1st Round at the National Ski Jumping Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 5, 2022. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

(BEIJING2022) CHINA-ZHANGJIAKOU-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-SKI JUMPING (CN)

(BEIJING2022) CHINA-ZHANGJIAKOU-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-SKI JUMPING (CN)

(220205) -- ZHANGJIAKOU, Feb. 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Seto Yuka of Japan competes during Ski Jumping Women's Normal Hill Individual Final Round at the National Ski Jumping Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 5, 2022. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

Ski jumping: Women's team event at World Cup

Ski jumping: Women's team event at World Cup

Japanese ski jumpers (From L) Yuki Ito, Yuka Seto, Kaori Iwabuchi and Sara Takanashi pose for photos after finishing third in a World Cup women's team event at the Zao resort in northeastern Japan's Yamagata Prefecture on Jan. 19, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Takanashi at World Cup

Takanashi at World Cup

(From L) Haruka Iwasa, Kaori Iwabuchi, Sara Takanashi, Yuki Ito and Yuka Seto of Japan pose after the women's ski jumping World Cup final in Oberstdorf, Germany, on March 25, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Takanashi at World Cup

Takanashi at World Cup

(From L) Haruka Iwasa, Kaori Iwabuchi, Sara Takanashi, Yuki Ito and Yuka Seto of Japan pose after the women's ski jumping World Cup final in Oberstdorf, Germany, on March 25, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan's women's ski jumping team for Pyeongchang Olympics

Japan's women's ski jumping team for Pyeongchang Olympics

Japanese ski jumpers (from L) Kaori Iwabuchi, Yuki Ito, Sara Takanashi and Yuka Seto pose for photos in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Jan. 11, 2018, after being named to the Japanese women's team for the upcoming Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ski jumping: Takanashi finishes runner-up in Japan c'ships, Seto wins

Ski jumping: Takanashi finishes runner-up in Japan c'ships, Seto wins

Yuka Seto (R) and Sara Takanashi, a three-time World Cup overall champion, pose after finishing first and runner-up, respectively, in the women's normal hill competition at the Japan national ski jumping championships at Kuraray Zao Schanze in Yamagata, northeastern Japan on Nov. 13, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo