Petra Torvinen, who has been practicing for over four years of ski jumping, made a strong rise in the Ladu Women’s World Cup equalization on Sunday.
Paavo Forsberg,
Riku Salminen
Petra Torvinen The first weekend in the combined women’s World Cup in Otepää, Estonia, caused buzz in species circles.
On Sunday, Torvinen was 21st in the Mäkio section in the equalization competition, but was a tenth -tenter one minute from behind.
Torvinen is a national skier who has at its best been 13th in the Vöyr Championship 10 kilometers in the traditional Temporary Championship in 2020.
He started ski training from zero in November 2020.
Torvinen, who kept the second fastest ride on Sunday on Sunday, was pleased with his day’s skiing, even though I said that a different pace could have been better.
The equalization competition played in a Finnish bag. He stayed at 55.5 meters on the hill, when the number one hill, Germany Maria Gerboth Strong 96 meters.
Jarl Magnus Riiberin In the equalization competition created for superiority, the difference is determined by the investment, not the points obtained from the hill, so Torvinen reached the track from the impact distance.
The equalization competition was taken to the World Cup for 2023-24. The race format favors good skiers at the expense of ski jumping.
30-year-old Torvinen hopes to be able to develop as a ski jumper to be able to reach the top positions.
Big cannons for the track?
Finnish head coach Antti Kuisma He believes that Torvinen could have achieved the better over the weekend.
– Not that real level was not seen. I bet on a good day she would be able to get to the top five in the women’s equalization competition with such a starting point, Kuisma says.
– It may not be the best and most fair solution in the end. There will certainly be some changes to the rules of the equalization competition in the future. Here we are a bit “Game Changers” now showing that it doesn’t work as such.
According to Kuisma, the difference between the first and last track to start the track should be at least 1.5 minutes.
– Soon, in other countries, we start digging big cannons from naphthalene, if this continues.
Kuisma says that Austria, for example, has flashed that it will bring the eighth stay in the World Skiing World Cup to the Combined Games Mika Vermeulenwho is a combined World Cup gold medalist for 2017.
– He would certainly be wisely down from the hill, and it would be interesting to see how he would do in this equalization competition.
Lex Torvinen?
According to Kuisma, Finland went on to try ice with Torvinen with a stick when such a chance is. Next winter, the equivalent may not be successful anymore.
So, is there a kind of Lex Torvinen in progress that prohibits bringing overwhelming skiers to the sport?
– Yes, it seemed to be thought that this was developed in some way. Whether the time difference is constant, regardless of the number of participants, or even the rule is that you have to jump on a percentage on the hill that you even get to the ski section, Kuisma ponders.
Even any top skiers could tear into the hill tower. Kuisma emphasizes that Torvinen has done hard work for years.
– Now, at this stage, we are getting down the hill safely, balanced by Telemark and thus join the competitions. From now on, raising the jump level is behind the work. It is interesting to see where it is enough.
The Trondheim World Championships will not compete in the women’s leveling competition. Torvinen was the last in Otepää on Friday and Saturday. In total, Torvinen’s opening weekend in the combined World Cup brought in 10, 20 and 23.
-After all, Petra is one of the world’s first purely compact race athletes. The competition forms of the World Cup must be taken into account in the choices, Kuisma says.