The Finnish skier was dropped from 13th place to 30th place.
Kerttu Niskanen was punished on Tuesday in Norway. Stock photo. Jussi Saarinen
Drammen World Cup has been rejected by the refereeing council Kerttu Niskanen in the traditional sprint of the quarter-final performance on Tuesday.
The Finn changed lanes in the quarter-finals on 4/5 straightaways, fire Nicole Monsornon on skis and the Italian went upside down.
At the finish line, the booted woman hissed at the Finn and, judging by her sign language, was angry.
Narrator of Viaplay Jussi Eskola and expert Sami Jauhojärvi fresh off the incident, they were surprised that Niskanen would get his trick caught on the ice.
– Let’s go skiing. There’s no doubt that it’s going to be overkill. Oh, ryokäle, Jauhojärvi commented.
The jury’s punishment was only published after the competition was over. A yellow card and “RAL” were marked on the neck. The abbreviation comes from the words “ranked as last”.
Niskanen’s time trial performance remains valid, but due to the quarter round rejection, he drops from 13th place to 30th place.
Niskanen would have received 56 World Cup points instead of 13th place. Instead of 30 points, there will be 22. So the difference is 34 points.
Norwegian Tiril Weng leads the World Cup with 1,733 points. of the USA Jessie Diggins (1,588) is second and Niskanen (1,492) is third.
There are still five individual competitions left in the World Cup.