Host country favorite Ryoyu Kobayashi comes in second at a World Cup ski jumping meet in Sapporo, where his 51-year-old Japanese compatriot Noriaki Kasai finished 30th to earn his first World Cup points in five seasons.
Japan's Olympic ski jumping gold medalist Ryoyu Kobayashi finished runner-up on March 3 as Slovenia's Timi Zajc was crowned men's large hill world champion in front of his home crowd in Planica.