Jasmin Kähärä’s head took a hit in a high-speed crash – “I didn’t think it could happen like that” | Sport

Jasmin Kähärä took a hit on the sprint track in Trondheim, but still got good information about the upcoming WC tracks.

In Trondheim this weekend, the World Cup preliminaries will be skied, and the work started on Friday with a freestyle sprint. Finnish skiers had mixed feelings about the competition, but the day nevertheless offered important information for next year’s prestigious competitions.

The Finnish women all progressed from qualifying to the next stage, but only just Jasmin Kähärä made it to the semi-finals. However, in the semi-final, Kähärä had a bad time, because he fell on the downhill and hit his head on a bump.

– The left ski faltered from where it has not been skied. I didn’t think it could happen like that. I couldn’t get in line and I tried to speed up to get in that line, and then we went around, Kähärä said.

– The head took a bit of a hit and the right side of the buttock. In the little one’s head, you thought you were going to throw up, but you can’t get over this, can you?

However, Kähärä gained hope for what he was doing from his skiing. He stated after the Ruka World Cup that he thought there was no hope. For next winter’s World Cup, he also knows what to pay attention to.

– You have to be careful with bends. And on that second long climb. In the first round we went hard, but in the semi-final we passed and hit hard on that second climb. You have to think about different tactics.

Also runner-up in women’s qualifying Jasmi Joensuu turned his race into a positive, even though he didn’t make it past the first round. The skier, who had just recovered from the corona virus, tried to keep up the pace, but the final push was not enough.

– However, this is a step forward, especially the qualifying skiing was very much forward. pace The pace is there, and in a year’s time, when we work on it, it will get better. Don’t lose hope, he said.

– It was really important to get to the World Cup preliminaries. The starting points could have been better, but this is good to continue.

Someone has a crush on Finnish men

Only the Finnish men made it to the heats Joni Mäki. Mixed Niilo Moilanen that Verneri Suhonen said after qualifying that the feeling and the result did not correlate with each other. Lauri Vuorinen I believed that there was a common factor in men’s sticky speed.

– Is there a problem with the equipment or the men? Someone is rotting in everyone, Vuorinen thought.

Mäki’s speed was not enough for better than the fifth place in the heat, but in his opinion the skis felt better in the heat than in qualifying.

– Not quite winning, but luckily we got some better ones, he said.

Vuorinen estimates that the upcoming WC track is at least suitable for him. You can ski well with wassberg technology, it has a twistable ascent, clear and easy recovery sections.

Mäki also noted certain points for the future.

– Invoices are important. You have to be alert in them so that the guy doesn’t get surprised. And then watch how Erähiihto turns out. I hope this will get better now, because the Group Skiing felt good. It’s just about the little things.

Skistad surprised the Swedes

In the women’s race, we saw a tight competition, as this season the trio are familiar with each other Emma Ribom, Linn Svahn and Kristine Stavås Skistad sought profit. This time, Skistad did the best in his final race and moved up from third place alongside and past Svahn. Emma Ribom, who won the previous two sprints – with traditional skiing – was left in third place this time. The difference between the trio was only 0.16 seconds.

On the men’s side Lucas Chanavat tried to drop Johannes Hösflot Kläbon on his heels in the final at high speed, but did not succeed. Kläbo was able to make up for Chanavat’s outside season when coming to the final straight and kept the Frenchman behind him. Chanavat lost to Kläbo by 0.81 seconds. Harald Östberg Amundsen came third in the race.