According to Kalle Lassila, an expert at EPN, a single Finnish medal on Wednesday would be a big victory.
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The starting point for the traditional skiing of Trondheim’s World Cup was delicious in Finland a week before the start of the race.
Iivo Niskanen Based on the results of the World Cup, it was a favorite to win gold on his parade trip at 10 kilometers and the trump card in the Parisprint to help the Finnish medals. Then he became ill and the races were completely missed.
In women again in the Cogne World Cup in January Jasmmi Joensuu and Kerttu Niskanen Disappointed in their personal main trips to the World Cup.
Although Lauri Vuorinen The sprint bronze opened the Trondheim World Championships in Finland with an excellent Finnish, the big picture of the race has been clear: Norway and Sweden have been strong, especially on Tuesday in traditional skiing.
On Wednesday, the style of progress will remain the same, which favors Finns.
Norwegian-Swedish match
Sports Expert Kalle Lassila He estimates that in both women and men, the victory is between Sweden and Norway.
In women, Swedish starts on Thursday Sprint won Jonna Sundlingwho knocked out the others in the run and led all his starts to finish.
– The pace is kept right away, Lassila predicts.
Sundling has won four personal value sprints in the tube and two previous World Championships in the World Cup. On Wednesday, he carries Swedish colors for his 2021 World Cup winning pair Hut Dahlqvist with.
Kristine Stavås Skistad He was disappointed after being freezing in the Trondheim World Championship. He is an anchor in Norway in the Parisprint. Lotta Udnes Weng Skiing in the opening section.
Katharina Hennig (pictured) opens the German pair message. Laura Gimmler is a team anchor. Hennig is the dominant Olympic champion.
According to Lassila, Joensuu and Niskanen will compete for a bronze medal with Switzerland, Germany and the United States based on the results of the World Cup.
The teams released on Tuesday night were very much awaited. The only thing that was striking was that the Swiss team leadership chose the bronze in the personal sprint Nadine Fähndrichin in parallel Nadja Kälinin in exchange for Anja Weber.
So far, 23-year-old Klin has been a cross-country skiing for Trondheim’s World Cup. He finished sixth in Sunday’s Skiathlon and eighth in Tuesday’s off -road departure and washed all Finns in both starts.
In Tuesday, Kälin hit Niskanen’s half a minute.
Weber finished 19th in the free skiing personal sprint.
– This is a good thing for Finland that Kälin is not involved, says Lassila.
Lassila believes that Sweden may see the final battle of several countries.
– Kirik race has been a positive thing for Finnish women in history.
Is it surprising the Czech Republic?
In the men in the norwegian Johannes Hösflot Kläbo Has won all three gold medals.
In the previous two races, the men have fought for all the medals. Kläbo pair to ski Erik Valeneswho achieved silver in Tuesday’s temporary start. In the same race fourth ranked Edvin Anger to form a Swedish team Calle Halfvarsson with.
Lassila predicts the Finnish team Ristomatti Hakola– Lauri Vuorinen is a bronze struggle, a shop for several teams in his papers.
– In addition to Finland, it is at least Italy, the United States, Switzerland and France. The Czech Republic is a black horse in the race, Lassila anticipates.
Czech colors skiing on Tuesday’s temporary start as many as eighth reach Michal Novak and in the General of the World Sprint in Falun fifth place Jiri to Tuž.
Tracks
On Tuesday, Trondheim was skiing in difficult conditions, and the condition of the tracks spoke after both the men’s and women’s race.
The jury will decide on Wednesday morning to see if it will try to guarantee the condition of the trails by salting them.
– If the tracks are salted, it would be good for Finnish teams, says Lassila.
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