Newly crowned overall ski jumping World Cup champion Sara Takanashi will aim for her first gold medal at the Nordic skiing world championships on Friday.
In an official practice on Thursday, the 16-year-old phenom had a leap of 101 meters to move into first place, but she could only manage 92.5 meters on her second attempt, leaving her in fifth.
Saturday's ski jumping World Cup competition was completely cancelled after strong winds continued to howl at Zao ski resort in Yamagata Prefecture.
Sunday will feature a doubleheader, with the first competition starting at 8:30 a.m. Friday's official training had also been cancelled because of heavy snowfall.
Japanese teenager Sara Takanashi finished fifth in Sunday's World Cup women's ski jumping event at Miyamori hill in Hokkaido.
The 16-year-old local product landed a pair of 86-meter jumps to amass 225.4 points as she missed a World Cup podium finish for the second straight day and the third time this season.
Japanese phenomenon Sara Takanashi finished 12th in a women's World Cup meet on Saturday for her worst placing in over a year.
The second jump was delayed and eventually canceled due to high winds at Sapporo's Miyanomori-Schanze's K-90 normal hill. The 16-year-old Takanashi, who leads the World Cup standings and has four individual gold medals on the circuit this season, earned 99.1 points from an 85-meter jump. She had no chance to move up in the standings when the second jump was canceled.