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Luger, Japan's representative of the Winter Olympics, visits the head office

Glide on a helmet with the Magna logo sticker

Autographed calendar of Madoka Harada and souvenirs (right)

At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Magna was the official sponsor of the Japanese national team of Luge.State-of-the-art magnetTo the team and supported the success of the team.

The year before, Madoka Harada of the Japan Luge National Team appeared to pay a courtesy visit to the Magna Headquarters with head coach Kazuhiko Takamatsu.Harada was the most promising luge player at the time, with a female single-seater luge and 13th place in the Torino Olympics.

After that, a documentary in which JAXA engineers and craftsmen at the town factory developed the first new type of warp made in Japan was broadcast on NHK, Harada and Takamatsu head coach also appeared, wearing a helmet with the Magna logo, many times. Harada, who is doing a test run, was projected on the screen.

Head coach Kazuhiko Takamatsu talks about the abundance of the Olympics

Two-shot with the president with a photo of the Hotaka mountain range in the background

Wearing a helmet with a Magna sticker (NHK)

Ichiro Furutachi riding the first new sled made in Japan (TV Asahi)