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SAPPORO, Japan, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- As a world power in skiing jumping, Japan is in a class of its own at the Asian Winter Games, sweeping the top two places and sending two other athletes to the top six on Wednesday.
Yukiya Sato and Yuken Iwasa won the gold and silver in the men's normal hill ski jumping, a day after the event was delayed due to strong winds.
The 21-year-old Sato flew 98.5 and 94.5 meters on two leaps at the K-90 Miyanomori Ski Jump Stadium, scoring a total of 254.0 points.
Iwasa gathered 251.0 points for his results of 94 and 97.5 meters, ahead of Sergey Tkachenko of Kazakhstan, who recorded 93.5 meters in both attempts for 238.0 points.
Japanese Masamitsu Ito placed fourth and Naoki Nakamura was sixth.
