Noriaki Kasai made a record eighth Winter Olympic appearance on Thursday, qualifying for the men's ski jumping normal hill final by placing 20th at the Pyeongchang Games.Kasai, 45, soared for 98 meters and 117.7 points at Alpensia Ski Jumping Center as all four jumpers from Japan qualified for Saturday's final. Junshiro Kobayashi led the Japanese contingency with 118.4 (18th), while his younger brother Ryoyu was 21st (115.3).Daiki Ito was 31st with 106.0 as Germany's Andreas Wellinger topped the field with 133.5.The only eight-time Winter Olympian in history, Kasai, Japan's flagbearer for F…READ FULL ARTICLE
