Cross -country skier Ike Melnits chose his current home country.
Cross -country skier Ike melnits He was 8 years old when he moved with his family from Estonia to the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland in 2011.
– We settled in Finland in Finland. Of course, I went to the Finnish Ski Club. It has not been the idea that I would go back to Estonia, Melnits says with fluent Finland.
He is a dual citizen in Finland and Estonia who performed conscript service at the Kainuu Brigade.
– I’ve never been asked for the Estonian ski team.
The invitation to the blue and white has been.
Melnitsi, 21, can consider sprint skiing as a top promise. The World Championships in the World Championships in the pocket are 4 and 9 in the pocket and 15 and 7 in the U23 Series World Championships in the U23 Series.
– Melnits is one of the most talented sprint skiers in its age group. The expectation is that he will become a very good skier in the World Cup. He is a very good sprint skier prototype, says Iltalehti Ski Specialist Reijo Jylhä.
The best of ever
Ike Melnits is a dual citizen from Finland and Estonia. Pasi Liesimaa
On Friday in Lahti, Melnits took a batch stage for the first time in the World Cup sprints, when the free advancement in Salpausselkä played 23.
– The really good taste was left. It has been an extremely difficult season with lower back problems. Now the back lasted and there were no feelings, Melnits comments.
In the early winter, an athlete representing the Vantaa Ski Club was diagnosed with the bulge of the backpack and the precursor of the stress fracture.
– It feels pretty incredible when there has been such a season and there have been few races, so I was able to pull the sprint from qualifying.
In his quarterfinals, Kuopio took the position of the bow from the bow.
– My strength has been to keep up with it. The condition was not enough for the second rise to keep the same ride and proceed to the top 12 semifinals.
Goals to the counter
Ike Melnits was ranked 27 on Friday in the Lahti World Cup free sprint. Pasi Liesimaa
There are now a total of six World Cup starts.
– This has been the first season when I’ve only invested in skiing. For a long time, the goal has been to continue the qualifying for the World Cup, says a student in Vuokatti Sports High School.
– For next season, the goal could be to get around the World Cup regularly, he adds.
Facts
Men’s Sprint (V), Salpausselkä
1. Johannes Klæbo, Norway 2.45,42
2. Jules Chappaz, France +0.43
3. Federico Pellegrino, Italy +0.65
4. Valerio Grond, Switzerland +0.89
5. Erik Valnes, Norway +1,31
6. JC Schoonmaker, USA +1,44
10. Emil Liekari
17. Joni Mäki
18. Lauri Vuorinen
27. Ike Melnits