小林陵、故郷岩手で県民栄誉賞　北京五輪ジャンプ男子金メダル

　２月の北京五輪のノルディックスキー・ジャンプ男子個人ノーマルヒルで金メダルを獲得した小林陵侑選手（２５）＝土屋ホーム＝が５日、盛岡市内で達増拓也岩手県知事から県民栄誉賞を授与された。小林陵は同県出身で、受賞は２０１９年に続いて２度目。「すごくたくさんの人に支えていただき、ここまで来られたのですごくうれしく、ありがたい気持ち」と笑顔を見せた。
　小林陵はワールドカップ（Ｗ杯）でも、３季ぶり２度目の総合優勝を遂げた。今後について、「Ｗ杯でまず１勝を目指す。来シーズンは世界選手権もあるので、それを楽しみにやっていきたい」と抱負を述べた。
　達増知事は、「地元にエールを送り、日頃から郷里の岩手に思いを寄せる姿は、多くの県民から敬愛されている。本県初の２回目の県民栄誉賞にふさわしい」とたたえた。（2022/05/05-15:40）

Japanese ski jumper Ryoyu Kobayashi, who won gold in the men's individual normal hill event at the Beijing Winter Olympics in February, was given a citizens' award from the prefectural government of Iwate on Thursday.
   The 25-year-old athlete, a native of the northeastern Japan prefecture, received the award from Iwate Governor Takuya Tasso at a ceremony in Morioka, the capital of the prefecture. It was the second time for Kobayashi to win the Iwate prefectural citizens' award. He first received it in 2019.
   "I have been able to come this far thanks to the support from so many people, so I am really happy and grateful," Kobayashi said at the ceremony.
   Kobayashi also made headlines by winning the overall title in the 2021-2022 World Cup for ski jumping, his second such feat in his career after he did so in the 2018-2019 season.
   On his future performances, Kobayashi said: "Firstly, I will aim to secure one win at the (next) World Cup. There will be the world championships in the next season, so I look forward to it."