In Sochi, it was by 4.2 seconds. In Pyeongchang, it was 4.8.The gap between silver medalist Akito Watabe and gold medalist Eric Frenzel of Germany at the most two recent Winter Olympics in the Nordic combined normal hill 10 kilometer could not have been closer, yet so far.And Watabe knows true recognition will never come unless he tops the podium as an athlete in a not-so-glamorous sport, unlike the figure skaters from Japan where they have a fanatical following and are shot to national stardom."Figure skating is getting all the attention. I've got the same color of medal as Uno, but he's d…READ FULL ARTICLE
