LAHTI.
– Isn’t it pretty cool? Ton Nieminen throw Tendon For Ahonen.
The ski jumping legends have just gone to the Salpausselkä race. They have come down from the Greater Lahti.
– Very sweet to pull. I am grateful for such an opportunity. I would never have thought I could pull in front of such an audience, Ahonen says.
Ahonen took the win clearly. He came down to 113 meters. Nieminen’s jump carried 95 meters.
– There was nothing to remember. So much tense. I thought there would be the worst excitement in training jumps, but now it was bad, Ahonen described.
A small competitor came to life in the king’s eagle, as the result had been a little tooth. On Thursday morning, Ahonen had surrounded 115-116 meters.
Both glowed with a tremendous feeling as thousands of viewers gave their applause after the name was announced.
– When you heard people’s reactions, the eye would have got wet. If he hadn’t scared so much, Nieminen fucked.
Ahonen, on the other hand, carved in advance that the tear would jump in front of the general public in Lahti.
– Certainly. By the time you start to get up, your eyes are leaking, Ahonen threw.
Emotion of two Finnish hill legends also aroused the rally of others. German TV expert, ski jumping legend, Sven Hannawald I was enthusiastic about the entertainment between the rounds. He immediately went to throw his hand with Nieminen and Ahonen. For example, members of the Polish team admired the Finnish two. Ahonen and Nieminen were also taken for an interview with Polish TV.
Mountain suits talked to the scenes
Toni Nieminen, who turns 50 this year, and Janne Ahonen, 47, was the most task to get the hill suits on.
– Say if you need help to put the zipper closed. Can’t put your stomach in when you don’t have it.
Ahonen, who was tense, looked at the peninsula to wear.
– We would be going, Ahonen said for Nieminen, getting an amazed reaction from his colleague.
– How much is it? Ahonen asked.
Even in the hill tower, Nieminen’s tight suit was talked about.
– There was no need to ask for a tester! Nieminen threw.
Just before the h-moment, the duo was silent on the concentration, and no wonder. Lahti Suurmäki is 80 meters high. The so -called hill size is 130 meters.
Special assistance offers
When Janne Ahonen and Toni Nieminen’s duel were announced, the duo thought they would compete with illegal costumes. The sports studio also decided to provide peculiar help to Ahonen, who is a ski jumping expert in Sports.
Tightening lines and hairspray familiar from the Norwegian ski jumping scandal.
– I heard that Toni has been training like crazy. I have to start inventing something for this suit to get a little better qualities. I don’t know how closely they have done in the fjord, but here’s the hair spray. This is how the costume is made, says Ahonen.
The most special help was the wings on the back. These were borrowed from the presenter of the sports studio From Petra Manner.
Towards a hill record?
– It’s 138 meters, but let’s not put it again, Ahonen threw on Thursday.
There was no one there, but they were sure to see a memorable evening for both.
Jumps were also admired in Lahti Mäkimontu also the Finnish legend of the combined Finnish Hannu Manninen.
– I was really excited about the boys. You can’t understand how the guys go to the tower yet. You have to respect how they survived so nicely from there. Pulls almost speechless, Manninen mood.
Then, in the future, will Hannu Manninen and Samppa Lajunen have a duel?
Manninen, who had finished his career once but later returned to real action, then jumped after a five -year break. Now, after the second ending, the break has been stretched for seven years.
– After the first break, I really scared me to jump. It’s a big threshold to leave, Manninen described.
If Samppa leaves, are you going?
– Well, if Samppa leaves, then I do, Manninen threw the ball back into another combined legend.