The Finnish sensation at the World Cup is also marveled at by his own coach – “A pretty incredible story”

Jenny Rautionaho continued in suurmaki from where she left off in normal mountain. Rautionaho was 13th in the World Championships in Planica. Rautionaho was in a huge shock, even though he crashed badly in Germany at the beginning of February.

Jenny Rautionaho improved his career’s best ranking in Suurmäki at the World Championships in Planica. Rautionaho was 13th. In the opening round, Rautionaho was a notch higher.

Rautionaho smiled beautifully after the race in an interview with Urheilu

– The last jump was not a bad jump, even though I lost a place. Today there were two balanced jumps. You can be quite satisfied, Rautionaho said.

Rautionaho already reached the 16th place on the normal hill, which was his best competition ranking at that point. The good jumps continued on the mixed team hill. Finland was historically sixth in the competition.

After qualifying, Suurmäki flashed on the TV pictures even on the first results page, when he was ninth. That is a rare treat from a Finnish ski jumper these days.

The 26-year-old from Rovaniemi achieved quite a result in Planica considering that Rautionaho received a jumping permit just five days before the World Championships. Rautionaho fell violently at the World Cup in Willingen and had to spend three days in the hospital.

– Yes, these competitions are going very well. The starting points were pretty weak, but I got the best positions of my career, Rautionaho expressed the atmosphere.

Rautionaho wasn’t even sure where the jumpiness came from.

– The coach said yesterday that when you don’t jump for a couple of weeks, you find the right mood, Rautionaho described.

Finnish women’s coach Ossi-Pekka Valta smoked Rautionaho after the race.

– Pretty incredible story after everything that happened, Valta beamed.

Jenny is so far the best Finnish ski jumper in these games. Where did you get that vibe from?

– Saakeli’s strong-headed woman. I sometimes wonder about that myself, Valta was amazed.

Has an answer been found?

– It’s not, Valta puffed.

Rautionaho’s success has not come out of the blue. He was ninth in the Wisla World Cup already at the beginning of November. Valta also reminds that, despite the fall, good performances were seen in Willingen.

– From that point of view, it was a good situation. Then there must have been a fair amount of hunger, so that Kunpa would be able to jump again, Valta says.

For medals at Lentomäki and the next World Championships?

On Thursday, Rautionaho plans to return home to Finland after a five and a half week trip. He is not sure if he will jump at all in Finland or only in a week and a half at the World Cup.

There will be a tour of Norway, which will culminate via Holmenkollen and Lillehammer to Vikersund airstrip. It is the first time that women compete on the flying hill.

– When it was announced that a woman would enter the flying hill, I put the race on the calendar. Lillehammer is probably a problem when you’ve never been there. Maybe this trend will continue there as well, Rautionaho says.

15 of the best jumpers of the Norwegian tour can enter the Vikersund flying hill race.

The next career goal is also connected to Norway. The next World Championships will be held in Trondheim in two years.

– The goal is to be in the medal fight then, Rautionaho stated confidently.

Before heading home to Finland, however, we still wanted to enjoy ourselves for a while. In an interview with , Rautionaho hoped that coach Valta would provide food tonight at the end of a successful racing career.

Editor of Urheilu Riku Salminen went to promise it right away, and later Valta didn’t give up on the wish either.

– It has been agreed. It’s quite clear, Valta stated.

Rautionaho’s 13th place was the second-best result by a Finnish woman in ski jumping. It’s still the best Julia Kykkänen 10th place from the 2013 World Championships. On Wednesday, Kykkänen was 28th.

The Canadian took the win Alexandria Loutitt. The 19-year-old junior world champion brought Canada the first ski jumping World Cup medal in the country’s history.