Iivo Niskanen is one of the Finnish heroes of this sports year. Kalle Palander and Janne Ahonen recalled Niskanen’s golden moments at Urheilustudio.
The Finnish hero of the Beijing Olympics Iivo Niskanen couldn’t participate in the opening weekend of the World Cup in Ruka due to corona infection, but luckily last winter he stayed healthy for the whole season.
Kalle Palander and Janne Ahonen remembered Iivo Niskanen’s golden moments in Urheilustudio Kalle and Janne’s sports year program and also paid tribute to the Olympic champion himself. The program was recorded before Niskanen fell ill.
Ahonen and Palander updated how Niskanen had managed not to get sick for a year.
– Yes, it was such a bubble in China that one was built at home as well. The last month before Beijing came with very few contacts, Niskanen said.
Although Niskanen spent a lot of time in the preparation camp and Get it-wife had been able to work remotely, Niskanen stated that the bubble required quite a bit of discipline from those close to him.
– In that case, loved ones have been at a loss when it comes to things; those hands are washed, and they don’t go into crowds.
After the Olympic victory, a lot has happened in Niskanen’s life. He took a trotting instructor course, got a dog with his wife, and now they are still waiting for an addition to the family. Niskanen has said, among other things, in an interview with Urheilu that starting a family has always been his dream.
– As a male athlete, I am in a slightly easier position than women when it comes to the same thing. However, he is still able to perform those own tasks with quite small changes, Niskanen admitted to Ahonen and Palander.
Niskas has been asked a lot about the estimated time of the future child, but he has a standard answer to this question:
– I have always said that the calculated time is 5.3. Then it will be fifty in the World Cup. All in good time, he chuckled.