Noriaki Kasai, 52, broke his own record as the oldest competitor of the World Ski Jumping World Cup ever. He plans to make a tremendous Olympic history in a year.
Noriaki pile Maded ski jumping history Finnish time early on Sunday in Sapporo. Kasi became the oldest competitor of the World Ski Jumping World Cup ever.
The Japanese legend broke his own record of the year from Sapporo. Now the new record of Kasi is recorded for 52 years, 8 months and 10 days.
Kasai was 45th on Sunday and left behind, for example, a 21-year-old Finn Kasperi Valton.
Pile told the Polish Eurosport You still love ski jumping and therefore doesn’t want to quit.
He got to the World Cup, successful in Sapporo in the National Games earlier this winter. Kasai has also been a familiar sight this season in the second -level Continental Cup competition.
Kasai’s goal is to jump next year at the Milan -Cortina Winter Olympics. Those would be the ninth Winter Olympics. No winter athlete has ever competed in nine Winter Olympics.
– My advice to other competitors is simple. If you love ski jumping, jump for as long as possible. Don’t stop, continue! Kasai described to Eurosport.
Kasai is the oldest Olympic medalist and World Cup race winner of all time.
Noriaki Kasa’s career twists:
Sunday’s race was won by another Japanese Ryoyu kobayashi. He also won on Saturday and returned to the highest podium for a long time. Kobayash now has 34 World Cup wins and is seventh on the all -time list. Kobayashi is approaching Janne Aho. The Finn is next in front of Kobayash with 36 wins.
Sunday’s best Finn olI Eetu Nousiainen. Like Saturday, he reached the only Finn for the second round. Now he was 29th.
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