Sports follows the weekend of winter sports from 13th to 16th March. In this article. The program includes Nordic skiing, biathlon and alpine skiing.
Iivo Niskanen Holmenkollen returned to international competitions after a month’s break. The return went down as the Finn left the 20 -kilometer traditional temporary output competition.
He was 16th at 9.7 kilometers, more than a minute behind. Niskanen’s skiing area looked frozen on the basis of TV pictures. Niskanen no longer appeared for the next break points.
Before the World Cup, the Finnish star became ill and had to skip the culmination of the season.
Neck estimates Before Holmenkollen’s weekend to Ilta-Sanomat, not in full stroke. However, he went to Norway to tune in to the 50 kilometer competition in Salpausselkä next week.
Finnish head coach Teemu Pasanen told Sports after the race that he had no more detailed information about Niskanen.
– I just came from the forest from that break. I just noticed that in the final round Iivo no longer came and the radio belonged that he left after two rounds. I haven’t seen Iivo yet. You have to go to the service room to ask what the situation was, Pasanen said.
Niskanen later arrived at EPN’s interview point. He said he did the first hard workout after the snow on Friday in Oslo. On the carpet, he has done control exercises.
– There was nothing about the performance this time. Sometimes it is like that. Yes, I now assumed that the first couple of kilometers would be a little more tolerable. It was shockingly far away. It was quite difficult to proceed, Niskanen said.
– I was expecting better, but today I just didn’t have the better for that better. At a bit of risk I tried to raise the place, but it was quite difficult to travel.
According to Niskanen, the body felt pretty good before the race.
– I wouldn’t have struggled to win today. But it’s nice to come back to ski, Niskanen said.
He plans to skip Sunday’s race and focus on next week’s Salpausselkä Games.
How did it feel to watch the World Cup in a sore home sofa?
– There have been better days, but not there. Probably many others have watched the races in fever, so they know how it feels. It was a bad luck this time.
Hakola the best Finnish
Norwegian Martin Lögström Nyenget won the men’s competition by far.
He left second in Swedish William to reindeer 51.2 seconds away. The third was in Norway Simen hegstadt krüger (+53.2). The others were over a minute away.
– Incredible day. I was in great shape at the World Cup and managed to keep it in these races. It feels like I got my revenge after the World Cup, Nyenget told .
Nyenget crashed twice in the World Championship medal fighting and was outside the podium on both occasions.
John Kläbo He won all six gold medals in the Trondheim World Championship, but the superstar of the sport was over two minutes of Nynget and was 14th.
– It has felt down all week. I practiced yesterday after the World Cup for the first time. I’ve been really tired. My energy levels dropped after the race. I’ve been thinking about those World Championships for 8-9 years. I try to take a day at a time and sleep a lot, Kläbo told .
In the World Championships in the Silver of the Sprint Lauri Vuorinen celebrated Ristomatti Hakola Started cheerfully and giggled at the start of the start at the top spot.
Hakola’s pace faded slightly towards the end. In the end, he was the 12th, which was the best Finnish performance in men’s competition. The difference to the top was 1.53.6.
– Now there have been such races that have gone well and have coagulated. Usually I have been the other way around. It would always be nicer to finish, Hakola says.
– Pretty cool weather after all. Although it looks good in winter, the grip is quite slow. It grabbed the workouts, Hakola said.
Arsi Ruuskanen Skiing in Hakola’s heels for 13th. He tightened his pace towards the end.
– It was the purpose. The beginning was not quite the best, so I didn’t go in vain. I knew it was coming up, Ruuskanen said.
From other Finns Niko Anttola was 16th, Ville Ahonen 22 and Markus Vuorela 46: s,