"2024 TOYO TIRES FWT HAKUBA QUALIFIER 4*" was held on a sunny day without a single cloud.
The following athletes were on the podium in each category.
Men's skiing
1st place Nemo Plagne (FRA) 84.00 @nemo_plagne
2nd place Leo Drouet (FRA) 82.67 @leo_drouet
3rd place Gabin Siau (FRA) 80.67
Ski Women's
1st place Eva Battolla (CHE) 85.00 @evabattolla
2nd place Colleen Pernet (IRL) 81.33 @colleen_pernet
3rd place Jenna Keller (CHE) 74.33 @jenna_kelle.r
Snowboarding men's
1st place Keijiro Oka (JPN) 89.00
2nd place Asato Yoshida (JPN) 88.67 @asato_yoshida
3rd place Rémi Benamo (CHE) 85.00 @remibenamo
Snowboarding women's
1st place Sayaka Kato (JPN) 82.67 @sayaka_419
2nd place Briony Johnson (AUS) 77.0 @brionymayjohnson
3rd place Nina Higashio (JPN) 73.00 @nina.loves.snow
*Results for 4th place and below are listed below.
The tournament slope is where you enter the Alpine area from Happo-One Ski Resort. It is a slope called the shoulder on the east side of the point commonly known as the ``Big Triangle.'' The difficulty level is high, with an east-northeast slope, a start altitude of 1550m, a finish altitude of 1200m, an altitude difference of 350m, and an average slope of 38 degrees.
Among QUALIFIER, the highest rank is 4*. Moreover, it is one of the few 4* tournaments in the world, and 61 talented athletes from Japan and abroad gathered together. The most participants were skiers (23 men), ski women (11), snowboard men (15), and snowboard women (12), with half of the participants (33) coming from overseas.
Among the men's skiers, there were many skiers who had the level to participate in the FWT CHALLENGER. In particular, 10 players from France participated. Benoît Lamour, who ranks high in FWT QUALIFIE's EUROPE-OCEANIA rankings, and other crew members that Tenran Katsuno skated with when he was touring Europe came to Japan, and a high-level competition ensued.
The tournament started on time. The snow conditions on the first slope in the morning are a bit difficult right after the start, but soon there is enough snow to run on. said Hayato Nishizawa, who ran the previous race.
Please watch some Japanese riders ride.
Some of the Japanese ski men got their feet caught in the snow and couldn't get into the air properly, making their landings a failure. Although they didn't say it clearly, they seemed to be quite nervous as it was a highly ranked tournament, attracting talented players from overseas, and the tournament was being held at home in Japan.
On the other hand, the French crew, who dominated the podium, demonstrated their ability with their choice of vertical lines, speedy turns, and big jumps and stomps.
The security team also deserves praise for their efforts in navigating the difficult conditions of Hakuba in January.
“We had to be very careful in choosing the faces this year as well.It was snowing, raining, and windy before the tournament.In
such a situation, we have chosen the faces that we have used in previous tournaments to suit the conditions of the event. I was happy that I was able to use a new face that didn't have a new
face.More than that, I was really happy that the players were able to perform at their best using this new face.''
Tomohiro Sagawa, a guide on Mt. Hakuba who is in charge of the tournament's security team, looked back on the tournament and made the above comment.
J SPORTS on February 19th (Monday) . will be streamed on FWT JAPAN's on February 23rd (Friday)
Result
・Ski Men's
4 Maximilien Michel FRA 77.00
5 Shun Hirayama JPN 74.00
6 Benoît Lamour FRA 72.33
7 Yan Viallet FRA70.67
8 Henry Freeman NZL 68.33
9 Alexis Dumas FRA 66.67
10 Hayato Horie JPN SKI 66.00
11 Jonas Monnin CHE 65.33
12 William Martin CAN 63.67
13 Guillaume Duperier FRA 55.00
14 Ugo Troubat FRA 48.00
15 Jason Havlicek USA 47.00
16 Yuhei Yamada JPN 37.00
17 Tetsuji Ishida JPN 35.00 18
Anthony Cot FRA 24.33
19 Daichi Furuya JPN 15.00
NS Yuki Sibata JPN NS
NS Gen Sasaki JPN NS NS
Kouga Hoshino JPN NS
NS Yosuke Fujii JPN NS
・Women's skiing
4 Jill Frey DEU 67.00
5 Sachi Hirakawa JPN 64.00
6 Clemence Philippart FRA 42.67
7 Stine Berg Henriksen DNK 40.00
8 Rachel Little GBR 35.00
9 Shoko Suzuki JPN 28.33
NS Ayako Kuroda JPN NS
NS Chisato Sasada JPN NS
・Snowboard Men
4 Austen Brown CAN 73.00
5 Daisuke Watanabe JPN 70.33
6 Macéo Peresson FRA 61.67
7 Kazuhiro Sugiyama JPN 60.67
8 Yuto Yashiro JPN 57.33
9 Yoshihiro Sato JPN 56.00
10 Max King NZL 54.00
11 Evan Clapper USA 49. 33
12 Toby Nagorcka AUS 48.67
13 Syuzaburo Ootsubo JPN 42.67
14 Takahiro Nishii JPN 34.33
15 Kaito Jinguji JPN 28.00
・Snowboarding Women
4 Sarah Bacher AUT 70.00
5 Megumi Mogi JPN 69.67
6 Mutsumi Ido JPN 67.00
7 Ayumi Kitahara JPN 65.00
8 Marie Ramparany FRA 60.33
9 Haruno Take JPN 57.00
10 TINGTING SHI CHN 53.67
11 Josephine Wruck AUS 38.67
1 2 Danae Sanllehy Sellartllart ESP 34.67