Olympics: Japan 4th as disqualifications mar ski jumping mixed event

Japan missed a medal as a spate of disqualifications spoiled the ski jumping mixed team event on its Olympic debut at the Beijing Games on Monday.Slovenia won gold and was joined by silver medalists the Russian Olympic Committee and bronze-winning Canada on the podium. Japan finished fourth at Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre.Japan scraped into the eight-nation final despite Sara Takanashi, fourth in the women's individual event on Saturday, seeing her huge 103-meter first-round jump scratched for a suit violation.She was not alone, however, as Austria, which came sixth, and Germany,…READ FULL ARTICLE