Joni Mäki was a little surprised by the yellow card.
On Saturday, Finland in the quarterfinals of the traditional sprint of the Ruka World Cup Joni Mäen and Austria Erik Engel’s sometimes there was a clash before the climb leading to the stadium.
After the competition, the judges’ council issued Mäe a yellow warning card.
– I watched the situation many times. What could I have done differently, Mäki thought on Sunday in Kuusamo.
– On the other hand, the person behind has a responsibility. The jury will make the decisions, added Vaasa’s teacher.
The Austrian man was not warned.
– In principle, the jury’s decision was surprising and on the other hand not. I think it was a normal competition situation.
The warning card means that Mäen will have to stick his tongue in the middle of his mouth in the future.
– It’s not nice to go to the next sprint to ski, when you have to look behind and see that no one is skiing. It’s not an optimal situation.
Engel caused trouble for Mäe in the Olos cannon competition a couple of weeks ago. Alppimaa’s maakari crashed in the bend before the final straight and ruined both Mäki and Lauri Vuorinen seams to advance from the quarter-finals to the next round.
A huge disappointment
Joni Mäki’s pole broke in Saturday’s sprint in Ruka. Pasi Liesimaa
Mäki’s pole broke in the trouble on Saturday. He dropped the extension. After the race, the man was very disappointed.
– It goes into the top three of career disappointments. It would have made my job easier to get to the Olympics if I had succeeded in the selection competition.
On Sunday, Mäki’s mind was much brighter. He was the best Finn in the joint start of the 20-kilometer freestyle in 26th place. Farewell to the winner of the race to Harald Amundsen accumulated 50 seconds.
– It tastes good after Saturday. Skiing felt surprisingly good. The game for an Olympic place is brutal: result or out. It’s good, when the normal journey goes a little better, you have a small straw to get to Italy.
THE FACTS
Ruka World Cup, men’s 20 km (v) joint start
1. Harald Amundsen (NOR)
2. Einar Hedegart (NOR) +1.9
3. Edvin Anger (SWE) +2.3
4. Martin Nyenget (NOR) +4.5
5. Mika Vermeulen (AUT) +8.4
6. Mathis Desloges (FRA) +10.6
7. Mattis Stenshagen (NOR) +11.3
8. Martino Carollo (ITA) +12.1
…
26. Joni Mäki +50.1
28. Ristomatti Hakola +52.4
29. Arsi Ruuskanen +52.9
30. Kalle Parantainen +53.6
32. Veeti Pyykkö +56.5
33. Niko Anttola +57.0
36. Perttu Hyvärinen +1.00,3
41. Eero Rantala +1.11.5
49. Remi Lindholm +1.26,5
56. Ville Ahonen +2.02,1
61. Petteri Koivisto +2.08,3
Austria’s Erik Engel has been giving Finnish skiers a headache lately. Pasi Liesimaa