A skier heavily disappointed at the Chinese Games tells how he was told not to get into the 4×5-kilometer message group.
Last week a skier Jasmi Joensuu received a rude report from the Finnish coaches.
– In the evening I received information that I am not on the message team on Saturday. The crying came at that very moment, Joensuu recalls.
Who informed you of the solution?
– Coaches teamed up, the skier is responsible.
She works as the head coach of the Finnish women’s team Ville Oksanen and as head coach of the national team Teemu Pasanen.
– After that, there were all kinds of emotional states, the biggest of which is disappointing, Joensuu describes.
Rovaniemi says “he was able to wait for the decision after last week’s sprint on Tuesday”.
– Still a little spark of hope. But there weren’t two words in it because the others had better screens.
Place defense
Jasmi Joensuu has been in tears in China in recent weeks, after many adversities. PASSI FLAME
It was mathematically justified that coaching chose a quartet for the 4×5 mile post Anne Kyllönen, Johanna Matintalo, Kerttu Niskanen and Krista Pärmäkoski.
It was a spot defense tactic that attempted to “minimize damage”. Soft Finland was fourth.
As an expert at Iltalehti Reijo Jylhä stated that the gold medal would have been sought with Matintalo, Niskanen, Pärmäkoski and Joensuu.
– I was watching Saturday’s message and shouted my voice hoarse. I never wondered if I would be there. It was very annoying that the medal did not come. That’s what the whole team wanted, Joensuu describes.
Would you have become a medal if you had been an anchor?
– I won’t answer that. It is impossible for anyone to say how it would have happened.
When the earnings data is rotated in excels, it is a fact that Joensuu does not have nearly as strong international evidence for this and last season as for Kyllönen, for example.
The athlete of the Vantaa Ski Club had a fluffy choice of messages when the French and Slovenian World Cup screenings were canceled. He also missed the Tour de Skin.
The cannon performances of the Epiphany Imatra Championships, when Joensuu ventilated gold in the traditional tens and doubles, were not taken into account by the Finnish coaching staff in the Olympic message selections.
– It was known to everyone that the World Cup will be inspected. The instructions were clear, Joensuu reminds us, but more.
– When I didn’t get to go to the World Cup in January, I would have liked the domestic games to have some meaning. But it is useless to lament it. There was bad luck when the races were canceled, he continues.
Tears, tears
Finnish team doctor Maarit Valtonen comforted the collapsed Jasmi Joensuu after last week’s sprint. PASSI FLAME
Joensuu also shed tears in China last Tuesday, when the semi-final of the free sprint went awry due to a stick break.
– It will come as no surprise to anyone that the hard ones have taken over. It has been a great disappointment on this trip.
A life-affirming person has tried to take the grief over, but it doesn’t easily come off.
– Of course I have tried to think that these are just one race. There will be more races, also this season. But it will probably take some time to get rid of the disappointment – it’s that hard.
A skier will travel home on Friday. She expects to meet her parents, cohabitant and man’s best friend.
– Keijo is the best sweater.
Keijo is a Jack Russell Terrier.
– Still this season’s dream is the final place of the sprint. It is still entirely possible. There are good World Cup sprints left from Lahti.
Next Thursday, Joensuu will be skiing at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in an invitational competition.
– My mother has gathered a fan base, supporters and relatives there. I look forward to being familiar with encouraging. Surely that also improves the mood.