Kasai continues his incredible career.
Noriaki Kasai finished in the top ten. Kimmo brandt / aop
Hill jumping age prodigy Noriaki Kasai, 52, jumped wonderfully in the Ruka Continental Cup competition on Sunday.
Kasai jumped from Suurmäki in Ruka twice for exactly 139 meters and finished tenth.
The Continental Cup is the world’s second hardest ski jumping series after the World Cup.
The best Finn in the race was 23rd Tuomas Meiswhose jumps carried 122.5 and 130 meters.
Norway added to the victory Robin Pedersen With 145 and 142 meter slices.
The Continental Cup suurmäki competition was also jumped in Ruka on Saturday. At that time, Kasai was a little further from the top, in 19th place.
Kasai openly said in the fall that he was still aiming for the World Cup. He managed the trick last season for the first time in four years.
Kasai jumped in the World Cup for the first time in 1988. He has announced that he plans to continue his career until he is 60 years old.