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The Japanese ski federation officially disclosed the names of athletes summoned for the World Falun 2015 where the Japanese team is presenter & agrave; with five men.
Wednesday 4 February 2015 2 minutes reading time
There are no surprises among the selected Because & eacute; were chosen Combiners which together have achieved the best results nell''inverno:
KATO Taihei (1984) NAGAI Hideaki (1983) Akito Watabe (1988) Yoshito Watabe (1991) Takehiro WATANABE (1993)
Obviously all medal hopes are concentrated on Akito Watabe, rose three times on the podium in the current season and Olympic silver in gundersen with leap from small trampoline in Sochi.
However, Japan was deeply disappointed by the World Fiemme 2013 when arriv & ograve; a plethora of fourth and fifth places, but no medal.
Within the Japanese champion the movement lacks the 'appointment with the podium in Liberec 2009 when arriv & ograve; an unexpected triumph in the relay. The 'last individual medal even dates back to 1999, with Kenji Ogiwara bronze in the sprint.
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