World Biathlon World Championships in Lenzerheide, Switzerland 12.-23.2.2025. shows the races on its channels.
Suvi Minkkinen Last summer did great investments in this season living and practicing in the mountain scenery of Central Europe for three months. It was worth it as Joensuu has risen to third place in both the World Cup and the World Cup. In addition to these, he has been among the top six, or in bloom several times.
In particular, the bronze medal of the Lenzerhe World Championships has raised Minkkinen’s general public. The amount of interest in domestic and international media has also surprised Minkkinen.
– After the medal I got out of the media center for the doping test, the gold and silver medalists had already got there before me. I was wondering how this is possible, Minkkinen laughed.
– I like them (Justine Braisaz-Bouchet and Franziska Prussia) Our species superstars. I assumed the interest in them would have been bigger, but I still came out of the last one.
According to Minkkinen, his Instagram account message mode is so full that he would have a couple of working days to read all messages. He admits that reading the messages has raised the mood and made him in a good mood. Also president Alexander Stubb has remembered a fresh medalist.
– I don’t know if I still realize it (medal). It still feels really cool. Perhaps little by little, it starts to understand better that it might be a big deal.
An interesting revelation of your own coach
The quick race was the first personal competition for the World Cup, and getting a medal in this race made a pretty emotional eating. He stayed together for a pursuit, but after reaching the finish, he would have been ready to fall asleep in those places.
– The bronze was a bit like a reaction to the body as Kontiolahti’s third place. It was only the following week in Hochfilzen that it started to feel like the body had returned from that emotional storm and everything, Minkkinen said.
He now had a similar feeling in the World Championships. Then the skiing felt better, unique.
– They are spiritual stuff that is being discharged, but yes, the body reacts to it. Hopefully, you can get used to them that it will not cause such a big, novelty or spinning every time.
Minkkinen has learned pressure tolerance this season and to control media spin. Every time he dresses the number vest, he wants to do his best.
For Minkkinen’s personal coach, Mikko Viitasensuccess, on the other hand, has brought up the unpleasant side: the media also wants comments from him.
-He doesn’t enjoy publicity, but likes to do things in the background. He has said that you are nice to do well, but the negative side is that he also had to give interviews, Minkkinen laughed and said that Viitanen would not look at his races.
– I don’t know if he has watched a single race live. He is so excited that he looks at the race as a post -broadcast.
Work on the valuation of the message
On Saturday, there will be messages in the World Championships. The women’s team has an opening section Inka Hämäläinenon the second leg Sonja Leinamo and the third leg as a reserve joined Noora Kaisa Keränen. Minkkinen is an anchor for the message team.
Minkkinen admits that it is a bit annoying that Finland will not be able to enter the message with the number one team, as it Erika Jänkä Has suffered from the neck.
– Although Ruhpolding took the eighth place with this team, so why not it would be possible here as well. This is biathlon. Anything is possible.
The World Championships will end on Sunday for joint start competitions. Minkkinen is one of the medal favorites in this race, but he is not going to dim in the message because of it. The reason for this is clear.
– I want to be an example for younger athletes. Those messages are important. We have worked for it for many years.
When Minkkinen entered the national team, the attitude was different. The messages were secondary competitions. Minkkinen thinks it is difficult to succeed in messages if they do not appreciate them at all.
– I know that the message is an important race for younger athletes, even though the expectations are higher for me. I don’t want them to feel like I’m not interested. In addition, the land points obtained from the messages are still important.
Teammates have described Minkkk as a mother character, and this has been happy to receive the role. He hopes that his level of raising in his thirties will give others faith. Minkkinen has reminded his teammates that the first value races may not be successful or good. He too had to wait long before he succeeded.
– However, they have reached the World Cup points faster than I used to. From there you can get up to hard investments, Minkkinen said.