This is how Iivo Niskanen is replaced – the Finnish deputy first heads to Vasaloppet | Skiing mm 2025

Teemu Pasanen, head coach of the Finnish national team, says that the World Cup must also be ready without Iivo Niska.

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Ill Iivo Niskanen Participation in the World Cup is uncertain.

The Finnish star will skip at least Saturday’s combination competition, where he is replaced by a member of the World Cup Remi Lindholm.

Named the Finnish team as a deputy Markus Vuorela says he has not yet been asked to pull the number plate on the chest.

– I am practically in reserve for the men’s 50 kilometers. The survey probably won’t come right away. They will surely wait for a while what Iivo’s situation is.

The men’s 50 kilometer free race will be skied on the last weekend of the race, Saturday, March 8th. Vuorela says she has clear tunes for the upcoming days.

– I go skiing Vasaloppia next weekend and then go there to Norway. In any case, I’m on the 50 miles.

Vuorela believes he is in the best of winter. He was also a deputy at the 2023 World Cup in Planica. At that time he finally got to the injured person Arsi Ruuska.

The repeated role of the deputy has not left the tooth hole. Vuorela estimates that last time the World Cup was closer to this year.

– Now the others had clear screens, there was no word for it. Sure, I wished I could ski the traditional World Cup, but I couldn’t get that place. It just got it to Ruka, so I couldn’t compete for my best trip about Pertsa’s dozen.

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Head coach of the Finnish national team Teemu Pasanen It is difficult to predict when Iivo Niskanen is in competition again.

– Influenza is a severe disease. It may not immediately recover. It is up to how everyone recovers, Pasanen says.

After a violent disease, you can start practicing and competing too early, so you can ruin your health for a long time.

– By no means can you go to practice. You have to wait to be able to train a little and then see if you are in good shape to ski.

According to Pasanen, Niskanen’s illness and at least skipping between the combination race is a disappointment. Still, you have to be ready for the World Cup without the number one cannon.

– Now other skiers need to focus on their own skiing and our races. This is sometimes the case, and this can happen. It must not be allowed to make too much effect. Here the races are about to begin and the focus is on them.