Holmenkollen’s most successful Finnish man is successful in Ilkka Herola’s success in the Olympic season.
Juha Mieto He was a happy man on Sunday. Kurikka’s giant had left for a two -hour bike ride before eight in the morning to make a long day of bench sports. At noon, it was clear that the day would not leave cold.
Ilkka Herola Holmenkollen led a new hill record in Holmenkollen and was the first to get to the ski banana.
On the track, Herola skied from his chases and achieved his first personal race win in the World Cup, his career in the 251 race.
– I knew after the ski record that the game was clear. When the ski section was only 7.5 kilometers, it is nothing more than a gas at the bottom. Ilkka did the job fantastically-and of course Ilkka’s day, mild atmosphere on Sunday evening.
Herola joined the renowned Finnish crowd with its number one position that has won the legendary ski landscape of Oslo. When the Nordic skiing and biathlon are added together, the Finnish athlete has now won the winning prize for Kollen 80 times.
Kollen’s most successful Finn is Marjatta Kajosmaacelebrated as many as seven wins between 1969 and 1973. Mild is the most successful Finnish man with six wins. They came between 1973 and 1978.
Mieta was warmly wished by Herola to the Kollen winners’ club and praised the sense of humor of the pit.
– Ilkka is very thoughtful. There are no bunnies from the mouth. I thought it was a great and refreshing lip when Ilkka welcomed the rivals to Salpausselkä and stated that the hill record was there too.
– Salpausselkä is always home for us Finns, but yes, in my time, Holmenkollen was the number one, then Salpausselkä and third came Falun.
From a sausage package to love
Mild won his first winnings in Holmenkollen in 1973. At that time he was best at 15 and 50 kilometers.
In the latter race, the Norwegian audience did not, according to Miedo Oddvar bråta and Pål boredom to success.
– I was not familiar to the Norwegians as I was still a young man. We skied for 25 kilometers of loops, and a kilometer before the evaporation, a Norwegian threw a sausage paper on the track. There was a terrible water and the paper was caught in the glue. Fortunately, it was a butter paper that went off. Otherwise, we would have missed it, Mieto recalled and added:
– Fortunately, Ilu didn’t happen.
After 1973, there was no information on similar episodes.
– After that, it was just love.
As a power vacuum filling?
On Sunday, the combined of the era was also unmatched when the Norwegian star Jarl Magnus riiber Goodbye to the competition as the most successful athlete in World Cup history.
Mieto pays success not only for the end spring but also for the Olympic Winter 2026.
– Others start looking at the predictions with a different eye. When the winning head is now open, this is unlikely to remain.