Six Finnish athletes will compete in the Beijing Olympics on Thursday. The success of the Finns in the freestyle halfpipe qualifiers, figure skating and combined.
Thursday opens Finnish Day Jon Sallinen in the freestyle halfpipe qualifier at 06.30. In addition to Sallinen, the combined team and Jenni Saarinen in figure skating.
The combined team competition are included Ilkka Herola, Arttu Mäkiaho, Perttu Reponen and Eero Hirvonen. The hill section is at 10 a.m. and the skiing section at 1 p.m.
Jenni Saarinen will compete in the free figure skating program at 12.07. The free program starts at 12:00.
The Finnish Day is crowned by the men’s doubles prize. Joni Mäki and Iivo Niskanen get silver medals around their necks. The award ceremony will be shown on TV2, Arena, ‘s website and . The award ceremony starts at 13.53.
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