The young relay hero amused with his pep talk – Krista Pärmäkoski flashed: “I’d rather eat cheesecake” | Sport

Vuokatti Ski Team Kainuu was able to celebrate the Finnish championship of women’s 3×5 kilometer relay skiing, when Vilma Nissinen ran away from the Ical Athletes From Hilla Niemela midway through the anchor leg and tore away a ten-second margin of victory.

– At the moment, there’s quite a feeling of owning the world. It wasn’t in the morning. In this exchange area, I was still freaking out that I couldn’t figure out where I was stuck. Hilla and I agreed in the changeover area that we wouldn’t be left waiting, Nissinen was in the mood at the finish line.

– From the beginning, we set out to keep the pace. It was perhaps a bit of a surprise that he fell into that climb already. I was mentally prepared for the hard work.

Niemelä said that he left Nissinen’s ride on purpose. When Vuokatti’s anchor hit the eye of a new gear on a big climb, Niemelä said that he felt it wouldn’t break, but he couldn’t get any stronger either.

He was left to progress at his own pace, so the Vantaa Ski Club skis in the national team Jasmi Joensuu and the Kainuu Ski Club Anne Kyllönen they caught him. However, the 22-year-old anchor of Ikaalin eventually took second place, four seconds behind Joensuu.

– Yes, it soured in that part, but maybe the aftertaste can always be found separately. No matter how tired you are, there’s always something to write about. It was nice that I could now use it in real life. Beating the final score in the relay is really hard to beat, Niemelä said.

– It’s enough to say that if he likes lactic acid as a dessert, then I’d rather eat cheese cakes, the second part of Ikaalin Krista Pärmäkoski comment.

A lucky charm

In addition to Nissisen, the winning team skied Katri Lylynperäwho was third in the opening leg, and rose to the top of the relay in the second leg Jasmin Kähärä. Kähärä and Ikaalisten Pärmäkoski arrived for the second change half a minute before the next ones.

Vuokatti has now won the women’s relay gold three times in a row. Jasmin Kähärä has been the only one involved in all the victories.

According to Katri Lylynperä, who skipped yesterday’s race to be safe and skied the opening leg, Kähärä is the team’s “lucky charm”.

– Without “Jaska” you can’t seem to get gold from a long message. Other women can be rotated in the team in any way, but Jaska has to be in some part, said Lylynperä, who was not sure at the beginning of the week if she was going to get sick.

Kähärä quickly rose to the top on the opening leg, but Pärmäkoski, who started 25 seconds later, soon caught up.

– During the long ascent, Krista passed. I thought he would hit a gear that might be hard to keep up with, but I kept up surprisingly well and the ski seemed to be slippery.

Mäki decided

The men’s 4×10 kilometer WC relay was between Jämin Jänte and Pohti Ski Team. Tendon Lauri Lepistö and the Ski Team Joni Mäki started the anchor section one distance twenty seconds before Ski Team 105, Imatra’s Athletes and Kuusamo’s Erä-Veikko.

The two skied the first distance in peace. Mäki struck with an explosive burst after the 8.6 km intermediate spot and secured Pohti Ski Team’s first men’s SM relay gold with a 7.5 second difference to Jämi. 39.2 seconds left of Mäki Miro Karpanen anchored Imatra Urheilijat in third place.

Skiing in the winning team Juuso Haarala, Juuso Mäkelä, Joel Ikonen and Mäki. Mäkelä is the married couple of Katri Lylynperä, so the family got two gold medals.

According to Mäki, the first men’s SM gold is an important thing for the club.

– For many, many years we have been hunting for victory and one medal has only come, so a gold medal tastes really good. Yes, I actually knew after the first three kilometers that this was my game. Then we just skied to the end.

Pohti’s men were still not sure how to celebrate the championship.

– The hair clipper must be buzzing soon, Mäki interrupted.

Jämi is not used to losing

Lauri Lepistö, who lost the ring fight, said that he was a little unarmed at the end.

– The tools still got a little confused and tangled. It gained momentum and it was then in use. I thought one of them lost their stick, but…

– We will make a protest about this again, let’s see if it clears up, having skied the triple section Markus Vuorela was joking.

The fight for the top of the message started to take shape in the second leg, when Jämin Cross mat HakolaI pondered Juuso Mäkelä and Ski Team 105 Lauri Vuorinen arrived at the exchange with a minute’s run.

Hakola got into the top group and was the first to change.

– I caught it very well. Mäkelä Juuso had a good hand today. Yes, I was wondering how it could have been dripped, but not today. Yes, it pretty much laid the groundwork for Pohdi’s victory, Hakola said.

Does silver satisfy?

– We are not quite used to this. When was the last time we lost? I do not even remember. It was a bit arrogant, we’ve been lost sometimes, Hakola laughed.

Jämin Jänne won relay gold in the previous two years. In 2021, Puijo Ski Club was number one.