It is noted that the next Winter Games will be the ninth in the career for the Japanese. 45-year-old athlete has already broken the record in Pyeongchang - no one previously participated in the eight Olympic Games.

For the first time the athlete performed at the Olympics in Albertville in 1992 and has since invariably participated in the Winter Games.

During this time, the athlete climbed three times on the podium - in his active silver medal OI-1994, as well as silver and bronze at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi.

Also, the 45-year-old Kasai took part in 13 world championships and won seven medals, two silver and five bronze medals. He is the record holder among all springboard jumpers in this indicator. The Japanese began his professional career in 1988.

As previously reported in URA-Inform, the International Olympic Committee can approve the participation in the Olympic Games in 2018, 13 Russian athletes who were able to undergo a doping test.