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Hailing from a country where ski jumping is really big, I'm more than excited that this year a Japanese jumper, Ryouo Kobayashi, has won the biggest annual tournament, the "Four Hills" (Vierschanzentournee) in a grand slam: he won each of the four-day events, a feat that had only been achieved three times before!

Hats off to Kobayashi-san!




Ski Jumping: Kobayashi becomes first Japanese man to win Four Hills Grand Slam

Four Hills Tournament - Wikipedia

Interestingly, Kobayashi's victory hasn't made it into the TV morning news yet.

小林陵侑、ジャンプ週間総合優勝 ４戦全勝は史上３人目：朝日新聞デジタル
 
And he did it again: Kobayashi Ryōyū won four out of 5 legs of the prestigious Four Hills Tournament and won the overall title for the second time!



A remarkable feat!

Ski jumping: Ryoyu Kobayashi wins Four Hills, misses historic sweep double

Japan's Ryoyu Kobayashi on Thursday missed his chance to become the first ski jumper in history to sweep the prestigious Four Hills Tournament for the second time, but still managed to claim a second overall win and a place at the Olympics.
english.kyodonews.net

Ski jumping: Japan's Kobayashi wins Four Hills, misses historic sweep double - The Mainichi

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Ryoyu Kobayashi on Thursday missed his chance to become the first ski jumper in history to sweep the prestigious Four Hills T
mainichi.jp
 


Very happy for Kobayashi-san: Olympic Gold! His female colleague, Takahashi Sara missed bronze. Congratulations!

Kobayashi wins ski jumping gold on the normal hill

Ryoyu Kobayashi of Japan won Olympic ski jumping gold on the normal hill on Sunday, becoming the first from his country to win the event since Yukio Kasaya in 1972. “Nothing special I was thinking about before, but I am so happy right now," the 25-year-old Kobayashi said through an…
japantoday.com

 
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