At the age of 80, ski jumping legend Yukio Kasaya passed away on April 23 in Sapporo (JPN) after a long illness. Kasaya was an Olympic ski jumping champion and world champion. Yukio Kasaya celebrated his greatest successes as a ski jumper in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The story that will always be remembered with the name Kasaya is the 1971/72 Four Hills Tournament. Kasaya won the first three competitions in Innsbruck, Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Oberstdorf (in that order at the time) and had not only the overall tour victory but also the first "Tournament Grand Slam" in his sights. However, due to the preparations for the upcoming Olympic Games in Sapporo, the entire Japanese team left together before the tour final in Bischofshofen to prepare for the Olympic Games at home.
This was both bitter and successful for Kasaya, as the training camp paid off. The then 29-year-old then succeeded on the normal hill in Sapporo, Kasaya won the gold medal and became a national hero. Second place (Akitsugu Konto) and third place (Meiji Aochi) also went to the Japanese team in the Olympic competition.
And with his victory, Kasaya also became world champion from the normal hill at the same time, as the 1972 World Championships were held at the same time as the Olympic Games.
Yukio Kasaya was a member of the FIS Ski Jumping Committee from 2001 to 2008.
“This is sad and a great loss for the ski jumping family. Yukio Kasaya has been one of the legendary Olympic Champions in our discipline. The historical victory in the home soil 1972 was a milestone in the Japanese Ski Jumping tradition.
But the incredible story with the Four Hills 1971/72 when he was close to be the first winner of all four competitions is even more dramatic and incredible and create around him a magic scenario," commented FIS Race-Director Sandro Pertile. 0870名無しさん＠ゲレンデいっぱい。2024/04/27(土) 01:19:04.59 70ｍ級2本目79ｍ飛んだあと笠谷は静かに控室に戻ってピースを1本取り出して火をつけて一服、そこ へ同郷の益子峰行が飛び込んで抱きついてきた、笠谷の口の中でピースが折れた「何すんだ？」という 笠谷の眼から涙があふれた。 さて優勝記者会見、記者から79ｍという距離は短いんじゃないですかと 質問が来た、笠谷は何いってんですか？腹が減っているし風呂にも入ってなくてくさくてしょうがないんだ」 このメダルは1週間後の90ｍ級の金メダルの代用品にすぎないと認識していた 0871名無しさん＠ゲレンデいっぱい。2024/04/27(土) 01:24:25.14>>869 コント昭次 青地明治 0872名無しさん＠ゲレンデいっぱい。2024/04/27(土) 01:26:22.29 2本目 ゲート一段下がって TP点超えてるんだから まったく失敗じゃない 0873名無しさん＠ゲレンデいっぱい。2024/04/27(土) 09:43:39.96 あの当時無敵を誇った男子体操チームやバレーの松平一家も 大半の選手は酒にタバコとすごかったからなあ 0874名無しさん＠ゲレンデいっぱい。2024/04/27(土) 09:56:43.47>>869 何よりもアジアで初めての冬季五輪金メダルしかもスキー競技で 他にもジャンプ週間の連勝＆欠場に2位の選手に５Mrも差をつけたのに 欧州の嫌がらせインチキで優勝できなかったりと数々の伝説 笠谷選手の偉業と伝説は残っていくだろう
