Iivo Niskanen’s pole sponsor gives his star skier a note about Saturday’s trick. If the beating of sticks continued, even termination of the contract would be possible.
HONEYMOON. On Saturday, a disgruntled man was sitting in the ski announcement booth of the Kuusamo World Cup.
Finnish managing director of the Brav company that brings Swix ski poles to Finland Aki Tuovinen saw from the fence how the company’s star skier Iivo Niskanen threw his pole into the snow in a fit of rage after losing the 10 km race Martin Löwstrom For Nyenget less than three seconds apart.
This kind of action violates the terms that the sponsor and the athlete have committed to when concluding the contract.
– When the race weekend is over, I will give Iivo a note about this. It is, as it were, the mildest sanction on the sanction table. That kind of behavior is not in line with our company’s values.
400 euros
Tuovinen says that the carbon fiber poles that have received a heavy hand from Niskas cost the consumer around 400 euros.
Niskanen joined the Swix pole vault team in the spring of 2018 as a two-time Olympic champion from the Finnish Exel team.
– Although I have to point out Iivo now, I want to express that he has been a completely impeccable athlete and an excellent investment for us during all the contract periods. And it’s very rare for an unsophisticated athlete to have three Olympic gold medals gathering dust in his trophy case.
Tuovinen says that he is sure, Niskanen will learn from this time.
– If the operation were to continue, which I really don’t believe, heavier sanctions will be applied, the most severe of which is termination of the contract. Of course, it requires, on a general level, an already very serious activity against the company’s values, such as a doping violation.
Niskanen uses Swix’s products not only for rods but also for outfits and creams.
Aki Tuovinen announces the World Cup skiing in Kuusamo Krista Pärmäkoski and Niko Anttolan Manager’s Aki Willow chair with.