Santtu Silvennoinen
The statistics show how dramatically the pace of a Finnish biathlete has accelerated, writes Santtu Silvennoinen.
Suvi Minkkinen’s skiing speed has accelerated dramatically. EPA / AOP
Two years ago, at the World Biathlon World Championships in Oberhof, a 15-kilometer normal journey in Suvi Minkkinen overthrew 20/20 tables. He ended up in eight.
In skiing, the Finn was 56th. He lost to the wizard of 4.06.5, or about 16.4 seconds per kilometer.
Last season, on the normal distance of the Nove Mesto World Championships, the two-minute Finn was 23rd in the race and 46th in skiing. This means a loss of about 14.8 seconds per kilometer (a total of 3.41.9).
On Tuesday, Minkkinen finished fourth in the Lenzerheet World Cup with zero shooting. In skiing, Minkkinen was ranked 33 in Switzerland.
The tracks, conditions and racing sisters vary, but in skiing, a 16.4 second kilometer -per kilometer -per kilometer loss in two years by 6.6 seconds to 9.8 seconds is quiet.
On Friday, when Suvi Minkkinen won the World Championship bronze medal, she lost an average of 5.2 seconds per kilometer during skiing. EPA / AOP
During the 2024-25 race season, Minkkinen’s lowest ski loss in temporary-based competitions came in the 7.5 kilometer competition for the bronze party on Friday. The Finn bowed to the fastest woman 5.2 seconds per kilometer.
So far, the only Finn, who had a fined minute in the World Cup in the World Cup 15 kilometers, was eighth. The Baana jacket was 5.9 seconds per kilometer, totaling 1.28.5.
Finnish service fixed Minkkkinen in Germany on Friday in Switzerland and in mid -January in mid -January.
When Minkkinen in Kontiolahti at the beginning of the season took the first ball spot in the World Cup in the World Cup, the difference between the fastest woman in skiing was seven seconds per kilometer.
Chasing and masses are quite different in terms of races than interim departures. Minkkinen’s smallest mileage difference to the fastest woman in this season’s World Cup is 4.3 seconds so far. It happened in the 12.5 -kilometer mass departure of Ruhpolding in mid -January. Minkkinen was fifth in the race and tenth in skiing.
Broadcast published 12 January data on Minkkinen’s ski speed in the World Cup 2020-25. Statistics with at least four MC races per season competed like this:
Season 2020-21: Minkkinen’s investment in skiing time 89th.
2021-22: 83.
2022-23: 73.
2023-24: 86.
2024-25: 26.
The pace of the Joutsa breeder has accelerated dramatically.
