Finland’s skiing star returns to the Games after a break.
Iivo Niskanen had a one-month break in the season due to illness. PASI LEISMA
Iivo Niskanen33, has been away from the Games for more than a month due to illness.
He tells now to Yle that he had to miss the Tour de Ski and the Imatra SM skiing after falling ill with sinusitis.
– There was a long break and it was treated with antibiotics, explains Niskanen.
The skiing star describes his illness as “maximum bad luck”. The disease caught the coach It was from Ohtoswho was not well when he met his protégé.
– I saw one person in nine days. My coach came to watch the training in a slight pain. He had a mask on, but it didn’t help, three days later I got sick myself.
Niskanen returns to the World Cup this weekend in Les Rousses, France.
In France, the program includes a 10-kilometer intermediate start in free skiing, a traditional sprint and a 20-kilometer joint start race in traditional.