“This is not the new normal”

– Overall contribution really great and Jasmi Joensuu crowned it. A great job.

With the coach responsible for the sprints of the Finnish skiing A national team In Ville Oksase had a mouthful of brass after Saturday’s Toblach free sprint.

– The podium always feels good, and when an athlete takes it for the first time, it’s a pretty great feeling. A wonderful moment.

Oksanen made the same observations as Iltalehti’s skiing expert Reijo Jylhä: Joensuu cheated his place in the ball with a strong jump and cannon shots.

– In that stadium climb, Jasmi was really good every time. That’s how it is in this sport, if there isn’t Johannes Klæboso you have to be a top ski to get a top result. Now we had. Of course, the athlete also needs to be in good shape.

Joensuu broke the Finnish women’s streak of 15 years without a podium in the free sprint.

– I promised at the Lillehammer World Cup at the beginning of December that there would be a free sprint podium. It took two weekends.

The next streak to be broken is in the men’s free sprint. The previous blue and white that hurt the ball is Martti Jylhä. He skied three chess in Davos in 2013.

– This is not the new normal, that every time a place on the podium is taken. But many were in the semi-finals on Saturday as well, so someone else can do it on a good day.

Kerttu Niskanen, Jasmin Kähärä, Lauri Vuorinen and Niilo Moilanen were twelve on Saturday at the opening leg of the Tour.

– Yes, this achievement must somehow be celebrated, even though we will compete again on Sunday. For now, these are so rare that you have to enjoy this for a while.