Tag: Holopainens
Pekka Holopainen’s column: From parkour to long jump, the over-hyped Greek is a winning type | Sport
Miltiadis Tentoglou personifies what the skill sport is about – and what it shouldn’t be about, writes Pekka Holopainen. Pekka Holopainen Athletics EC Championships 7.6–12.6. Ylen channels. See all shipping…
Pekka Holopainen’s column: I tried to get a mythical EC hero from 50 years ago for an interview, but nothing helped | Sport
Markku Kukkoaho’s decades of media silence remains. Even the unsolicited help of contemporary athletes didn’t help, writes Pekka Holopainen. Pekka Holopainen 18:00•Updated 18:35 The EC athletics championships will be shown…
Pekka Holopainen’s column: The Maestro, who was stirring in the background of Cristiano Ronaldo, gave a pass that many have not been able to | Sport
Toni Kroos, the last GDR-born sports megastar, ends directly at the brightest peak of his sport, writes Pekka Holopainen. Pekka Holopainen sports reporter Sydney Convention and Exhibition Center, September 27,…
Pekka Holopainen’s column: I was surprised when Lotta Harala shared her intimate affairs in the podcast – now she gave a lesson | Sport
Reetta Hurske will soon be the only one of Finland’s best female speed skaters without her own biography. It says more about this time than Reetta Hurskee, writes Pekka Holopainen.…
Pekka Holopainen’s column: Stupid percentages tell a lot – Finland’s number one sports institution is faltering | Sport
Finland got its NHL players to the World Cup much weaker than the reference countries. What was new was that even the best players in Europe refused the competition invitation,…
Pekka Holopainen’s column: Should Jukka Jalonen’s successor be a charismatic Swedish cosmopolitan? | Sport
Jukka Jalonen’s successor is Antti Pennanen, who scratched his halo. There is no doubt that Rikard Grönborg’s name has already been tossed around at some level in the Ice Hockey…
Pekka Holopainen’s column: Will the Olympic Committee have to do the same tricks as 2021 – badminton selection becoming a real treat | Sport
Dismissing Janne Järvinen from the 2021 Olympic regatta showed that there cannot be such a small sporting difference between the candidates that the Olympic Committee’s brain trust would not find…
Pekka Holopainen’s column: A rough Excel table for the national ski team – one number says it all | Sport
If the action plan of the Ski Federation is to be trusted, Iivo Niskanen alone makes as much money with sponsors as the entire country’s cross-country team, writes Pekka Holopainen.…
Pekka Holopainen’s column: The ancient ME was broken on the prairie in the village competition – the GDR legend gladly gave up the record | Sport
Jürgen Schult, who held the world discus record for 38 years, states that what is not forbidden is allowed, writes Pekka Holopainen. Pekka Holopainen sports reporter In 2004, the antique…
Pekka Holopainen’s column: The head coach put blunt facts about Finnish badminton on the counter – Ville Lång is the elephant in the china shop | Sport
The great Olympic streak of Finnish badminton players will also continue at the Paris Games. Head coach Ville Lång has made it clear that things are really not okay in…