Olympics – Japan’s Noriaki Kasai holds top score in the qualifications for large hill ski jumping
Olympics – Japan’s Noriaki Kasai holds top score in the qualifications for large hill ski jumping
Images from FIS World Cup ski jumping Feb. 28th, 2004. Photo courtesy Olympic Parks of Utah
Japan’s Noriaki Kasai had the top score in the qualifications for the large hill ski jumping event at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Kasai posted a score of 143.5 to edge countrymate Daiki Ito, who finished at 142.6. A three-way tie for third at 138.0 featured Finland’s Matti Hautamaeki, the Czech Republic’s Antonin Hajek and Germany’s Andreas Wank.
The top 10 in the World Cup standings were already prequalified for Saturday’s competition, a group that includes normal hill gold medal winner Simon Ammann of Switzerland. Ammann will try to become the first man to win four individual gold medals in ski jumping, having captured double-gold at the 2002 Salt Lake Games.
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