Iivo Niskanen dominated in his opening race and was tearing up in the air! Uploaded a really confident statement about his condition to EPN

Iivo Niskanen skied to an overwhelming victory in the Olos Artillery Games in the ten kilometer race of traditional skiing. Niskanen himself was surprised by the difference, but uploaded a harsh comment about his condition.

Iivo Niskanen won the opening competition of his season in Olos Artillery Championships. Niskanen was superior in the traditional skiing ten kilometer race. Niskanen beat Norway, who came in second Mattis Stenshagen’s by 24.2 seconds and third-placed Norway By Martin Nyengeti with 25.4 seconds.

– It was really good skiing. The gap was surprisingly big for such a fast ten. The skiing was strong. It was better than I expected, Niskanen said.

Italy started the race ahead of him Federico Pellegrino. Niskanen caught the 30-second gap quickly, as he had planned. The Finnish star was supposed to whistle for a while behind Pellegrino, but he got excited to pass quickly.

– The competition was front-oriented in terms of speed distribution, which was not planned, Niskanen said.

Finland’s top skiing star also uploaded a confident statement about his condition.

– If nothing happens, this kind of skiing is enough in any competition, Niskanen emphasized.

Niskanen: Even bad luck in corona cases

More sad news has also been heard from Muonio. The corona pandemic has tormented Norwegians. The Norwegian Ski Federation said on Friday that Didrik Tönseth, Håvard Solås Taugböl and Sjur Röthe have to travel home from Muonio after contracting the coronavirus.

On Wednesday, the national team coach did the same To Arild Monsen and to the head of the ski team Per Elias to Kalfoss.

Norwegians have had worries about getting sick before. John Hösflot Kläbo and Tiril Udnes Weng told about the corona infection, the number one man in the combined Jarl-Magnus Riiber from his rhinovirus.

Niskanen got sick with corona himself last season just before the opening of the World Cup in Ruka. It is now two weeks until the start of the World Cup season. This season, the importance of the World Cup is even greater, because there are no value races in the season.

Niskanen said that the Norwegian team’s corona infections have not caused any major additional measures. Niskanen, of course, follows basic good hygiene, but reminds us of the importance of bad luck in corona diseases.

– Even though the work was taken to the extreme last year and the human contacts could be counted on the fingers of one hand, I was still able to get a crown. Part of that is bad luck. But without anything else, situations where the crowd is large and the number of people are large must be avoided. Then the probability of getting the disease increases. However, it’s a game of luck in the end, Niskanen said about the corona situation.

On Sunday, Niskanen will compete in the 10-kilometer freestyle intermediate race in Olos.

– Freestyle skiing is really interesting to see. After that, there is one faster workout on the snow. I have prepared more with the traditional skiing method. However, Vapaa needs to get a feel for the World Cup. Above all, thinking about the Tour de Ski, the free has to be in very good shape.