“World-class performance” from Ristomatti Hakola – Iivo Niskanen made his winning ski unclassified

Iivo Niskanen couldn’t do his cannon move a week ago in Ruka. Ristomatti Hakola was happy about his small difference to the star skier.

Iivo Niskanen made a splash a week ago in the tough Olos Artillery Games by winning the traditional 10-kilometer intermediate start race with a difference of 24 seconds. Several tough Norwegians participated in the race.

The superiority of Niskanen, who skied the same distance in the Finnish Cup in Ruka on Sunday, was not so overwhelming now, even though the opponents were only top domestic names instead of international stars. A narrow margin of victory over the runner-up Cross mat Hakola was 17 seconds.

Niskanen was disappointed at the finish line.

– It was a classless bet. Didn’t get anywhere. Just couldn’t get going with a bang once and for all.

According to Niskanen, yesterday’s sprint push did not affect the mood slower than expected.

– It was the same steady drilling.

Niskanen is not feeling very confident a week before the opening of the World Cup.

– Let’s see if this can be done. Let’s wait for the weekend and see if the condi is in place. There was nothing like last weekend.

– Now it went really poorly, Niskanen concluded.

Hakola still has room for tightening

Sports expert Ville Nousiainen saw that there was still no need to worry about Niskanen’s condition.

– Iivonka’s skiing wasn’t bad either. It was sharp and tough all the time, Nousiainen saw.

Nousiainen praised Hakola’s bet as a world-class performance. The progress of the 32-year-old Hakola on Ruka’s demanding track was strong throughout the race.

Skied third Markus Vuorela bowed to Hakola by 24 seconds.

– It was no surprise that he skis well. But the fact that he leaves the next category and is close to Iivo is a good sign for Ristomat, Nousiainen stated.

Hakola skied a traditional sprint on Saturday. He praised his skis and maintenance.

– Yesterday opened well. You could have climbed a tree with these today, Hakola pointed to her skis.

Hakola has suffered from various adversities in recent years.

– You have to be satisfied. However, so much has happened and happened, but I can ski hard again.

Hakola was also happy about how close he got to Niska.

– It’s not bad when Olos had 34 seconds left in the first three games.

According to Hakola, there is still room for tightening.

– You have to get even more out of yourself in order to feel bad. All the time the head says don’t hurt a good man now.

Good wonder girl

One of the top names among Finnish men’s skiers for years Perttu Hyvärinen instead, the flow was sticky. Hyvärinen came to the finish line loose.

– What is he doing?, Ville Nousiainen wondered.

– We are question marks, narrator Kimmo Porttila in turn said.

Nousiainen speculated whether Hyväris was not interested in skiing to the end or if something had happened to him in the terrain.