The Finns’ season continues in Ruka’s Finnish Cup. Arsi Ruuskanen hopes that international tightrope walkers could also be seen in the competitions, but the rules do not allow that.
Kamilla Rajander,
Pekka Holopainen
About Finnish male skiers Arsi Ruuskanen kept a very fast pace in the 10 km freestyle race that ended the Olos gun race weekend. Ruuskanen, who finished third, was about 17 seconds behind Italy, who skied to victory From Federico Pellegrino.
– I managed to fall once during the trip, Ruuskanen said after the race.
According to him, the crash happened in the back bend after the first uphill section.
– I realized that there is ice in it, and I decided to go through it anyway. That’s when the skis left and I fell on my side. I got up quickly, but it must have taken a while to get up, Ruuskanen said.
During the competition, he was informed that, despite his fall, the Intervals were good.
– In the second round, a little rage for it, so a good bet today nonetheless.
Foreigners would also be welcome to the Finnish Cup
After the opening of the international cross-country skiing season, the season continues for many Finnish skiers in a week at the Finnish Cup in Ruka. There, the program includes traditional sprints and a 20-kilometer co-start competition in the open.
A week after Ruka’s Finnish Cup, the World Cup season starts on the same tracks.
The national teams of many other countries would be interested in heading directly from Oloksi to Ruka, if non-Finnish athletes were allowed to participate in the Suomen Cup.
Currently, according to the competition rules determined by the Ski Federation, only foreigners who live in Finland and represent a Finnish member club of the federation are allowed to start at the starting line.
Arsi Ruuskanen would also like to take international tightrope walkers to competitions.
– I would think that it would be very good for everyone. For sure, if a foreigner comes there, at least he won’t stop at twenty. Surely there would be attractive men there.
Competing with people other than fellow countrymen would prepare them for the international season and show the skiers what their own level is like.
– Let’s hope that now there will be a tough competition among the Finns and the men will be tight, Ruuskanen hoped.
The head coach also agrees
Head coach of the Finnish national skiing team Teemu Pasanen agrees with Ruuskanen that foreign skiers could also be allowed in the Finnish Cup.
– Quite a lot of people from this early season would probably like to ski there and get training, and it probably wouldn’t be a bad thing for our top skiers either, the head coach reflected.
According to Pasanen, there has been a discussion on the matter in the Ski Association.
– This issue has already been talked about quite a few times. But there are their own rules in the Finnish Cup, and it’s going to be at least this way now.
Ladies:
1) Victoria Carl, Germany 25:42,3
2) Kerttu Niskanen, Finland +9.1
3) Teresa Stadlober, Austria +28.5
4) Pia Fink, Germany +47.1
5) Anne Kyllönen, Finland +48.4
6) Katharina Hennig, Germany +1.00.8
7) Caterina Ganz, Italy +1.01.1
8) Jasmin Kähärä, Finland +1.04,4
9) Krista Pärmkoski, Finland +1.04,9
…
11) Vilma Nissinen, Finland +1.10,2
16) Kati Roivas, Finland +2.07,3
17) Nora Kytäjä, Finland +2.16,0
18) Rebecca Immonen, Finland +2.22,4
Gentlemen:
1) Federico Pellegrino, Italy 23.15,0
2) Friedrich Moch, Germany +7.3
3) Arsi Ruuskanen, Finland +16.9
4) Davide Graz, Italy +17.0
5) Benjamin Moser, Austria +17.6
5) Elia Barp, Italy +17.6
7) Simen Glögård Stensrud, Norway +20.9
8) Paolo Ventura, Italy +21.0
…
13) Markus Vuorela, Finland +36.6
14) Juuso Tossavainen, Finland +41.8
18) Niko Husu, Finland +53.3
20) Alexander Ståhlberg, Finland +55.3