Skiing at the Finnish Championship medals will take place in Rovaniemi over the weekend.
Krista Pärmäkoski was a favorite for Vitos. Jussi Saarinen
Rovaniemi Finnish Championships
Ladies & # 39; 5 km (s):
1. Kerttu Niskanen 12.41.7
2. Krista Pärmäkoski, +5.2
3. Mari Eder, +16.2
4. Eveliina Piippo, +37.1
5. Johanna Matintalo, +37.6
6. Julia Häger, +39.6
7. Jasmi Joensuu, +39.9
8. Riitta-Liisa Roponen, +44.9
9. Rebecca Immonen, +48.8
10. Qinghua Ma, +52.2
The Rovaniemi Finnish Championships started on Friday with a women’s five-kilometer freestyle start race.
He became the Finnish champion Kerttu Niskanen. He was in a huge blow in Ruka’s Finnish Cup and is still considered a pre-favorite Krista Pärmäkoski bowed to silver with a difference of 5.2 seconds to Niskane.
The bronze was seen as a real surprise name, as the biathlete took the place Mari Eder. Numerous national team skiers were left behind.
Caught winning the Finnish Cup Jasmi Joensuu was seventh in the race. He told Yle about the end of his international career Riitta-Liisa Roponen was the eighth.
Chinese skier Qinghua Ma and Xin Li wedged into the top 11 in the race. The duo won the Beijing Olympics skiers Katri Lylynperän and Jasmin Kähärän.
On Friday at 1 p.m., the men’s 10-kilometer Finnish championships in free skiing will be decided.
There will be messages on Saturday. On Sunday, 30 kilometers of women and 50 kilometers of men are skied in the traditional way.