Team Japan finished the 2022 Winter Games with 18 medals, collecting top-three finishes in seven different sports.
Brothers Akito and Yoshito Watabe, Hideaki Nagai and Ryota Yamamoto produce historic bronze for Japan.
Sochi gold medalist Joergen Graabak and fellow Norwegian Jens Luraas Oftebro took the lead from Watabe and held on for the top two spots.
The Pyeongchang silver medalist could never recover from a sub-par jump on the normal hill.
Returning Japanese standout athletes from four years ago spark optimism for an even better showing at the Beijing Olympics.
The 2021 American League MVP is one of three athletes selected as cover stories for the first-ever GQ Sports Issue.
The 25-year-old Ehime Prefecture native completed the race in 2 hours, 4 minutes, 56 seconds. He shattered his previous personal-best time by more than 5 minutes.
