Former pop star Antti Tuisku40, finished in 142nd place in the 10-kilometer traditional intermediate start race of the SM Ski Championships in Imatra.
Eight men cleared the route slower than a gust. One of them is Jaime Huertaa Peruvian specialist who tried skiing for the first time in 2014 but has even participated in the World Championships.
Antti Tuisku was a popular man in World Cup skiing. Jussi Saarinen
Tuisku cleared Imatra’s top ten in 32:59.6. Huerta’s time was 34:00.7.
Iltalehti told Huerta’s story in 2021. You can read the story at this link.
– It was horrible. I kept falling over. I walked maybe a kilometer on skis. It took 45 minutes. At that point, it felt the worst when the small children and grandmothers passed by. The first time was supposed to be the last, but it wasn’t, Huerta said in 2021 about his first time skiing.
Jaime Huerta in action at the 2023 World Cup. PDO
To date, the 42-year-old has had time to participate in the World Championships in Oberstdorf in 2021 and the World Championships in Planica in 2023. The best result is the 120th place in the free sprint in Planica.
Huerta has made several starts at the WC.
Tuisku also left behind, among others, people living in the capital region Roni Zeininwho, like Huerta, has skied in the World Championships. Representing the Espoo Skiing Club, Zein’s trip to the 2019 World Cup in Seefeld was made possible by the fact that one of his parents is from Lebanon.
Zein is four years younger than Tuisku. Zein’s time on Saturday at Imatra was 34:02.4.
The women’s championship gold on Saturday was won on the same trip Anne Kyllönen at 29.02.0.
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Men’s 10 km (p) results
1. Ristomatti Hakola, Jämin Jänne 24.33,1
2. Ville Ahonen, Imatra Athletes +17.4
3. Juuso Haarala, Pohti SkiTeam Pyhäjärvi +31.8
4. Markus Vuorela, Jämin Jänne +59.5
5. Lauri Lepistö, Jämin Jänne +59.6
6. Miro Karppanen, Imatra Athletes +1.01,8
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17. Remi Lindholm +1.42,2
142. Antti Tuisku +8.26.5