Japanese 51-year-old ski jumping icon Noriaki Kasai competed at an overseas World Cup event for the first time in four seasons on Friday, finishing 38th in the 50-man field in Finland.Kasai made his record-extending 572nd World Cup appearance in Lahti where his 117.5-meter jump was not enough to make the top 30 that would have qualified him for a second attempt."I felt weirdly under strain at the moment of taking off even though I wasn't nervous or anything," said the eight-time Olympian. "It's a first experience for me. I might have been feeling the pressure."Kasai, who earned his first Wo…READ FULL ARTICLE
