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In the light of the quota maximum earned for the Olympic Games, Japan has made his choices ahead of Sochi 2014.
Thursday 23 January 2014 1 minutes reading time
The five Japanese committed in Russia during the XXII Olympic Winter Games will be the following:
KATO Taihei (1984) MINATO Yusuke (1985) NAGAI Hideaki (1983) Akito Watabe (1988) Yoshito Watabe (1991)
So no surprise as they have been called the favorites for the 5 seats. '' The only question could relate to where they were in the fifth athlete runoff and Shun Yamamoto Yusuke Minato. At last it was decided to prefer the former.
Japan, despite being one of the most successful countries in the Nordic combined, missing from the Olympic podium since 1994. Akito Watabe (and possibly the relay) the task of interrupting the twentieth anniversary of fasting.
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