Winter Olympics 2022 - Ryoyu Kobayashi out to make ski jumping’s popularity explode in Japan with Beijing statement
Ryoyu Kobayashi is having the ski jumping season of his life — but he knows his achievements so far will pale into relative insignificance in his homeland of Japan if he does not land Olympic gold. The 25-year-old goes into Beijing 2022 as one of the favourites for a medal — but his path to gold could be blocked by Germany’s World Cup leader Karl Geiger or triple Olympic champion Kamil Stoch — though doubts remain about the Pole’s fitness.


