Niko Anttola withdrew from Falun due to a health grass.
Niko Anttola became ill. Jussi Saarinen
The Ski Association named a Tornio -based skier Niko Anttola Last weekend for the Falun World Cup team, but the young promise did not ski a kilometer in Dalan.
What made it mysterious was that the Ski Association did not announce anything about the situation of a recent U23 World Championship medalist.
Anttola traveled to Falun as usual until he left the race site last Friday.
– Small flu. It was decided to skip the race so that the disease would not escalate worse, says Niko’s coach Marko Anttola.
Niko Anttolan had to ski last Sunday for a 20 kilometer free start in Falun
– Niko will gradually train, says Marko Anttola.
Anttola, analyzed as the biggest promise of Finnish cross -country skiing, this and the previous season have been disturbed by various health workers.
– There’s really no common denominator. Some have been investigated and better. Part of it seems to last for a long time. He has been sensitive to getting dust.
Niko Anttola told Iltalehti in October 2024 that throughout 2023-24 it was disturbed by the lung problem.
In 2024, he had to withdraw from the Ruka World Cup due to illness.
Tour de Ski 2024-25 was missed.
– In fact, Niko has been in the same way as Ruka’s time now. Tour’s sorrows are a bit the same as last season, but I believe they have now been won, Marko Anttola describes.
World Championship silver
Niko Anttola anchored the Finnish 4×10 kilometer team for the World Championship silver at the Planica Games in 2023. Pasi Liesimaa
Anttola, 22, won silver in the U23 World Championships in Italy at the beginning of February at a 20-kilometer traditional mass departure.
– The course was pretty good at 20 kilometers. Given the opponents, the boys of Norway have been skiing well in their domestic races.
Winning Mathias Holbæk21, brushed three gold from the U23 World Cup, earlier in the Norwegian general series championship skiing in the combination race and finished second in the Scandinavian Cup.
-The free 10-kilometer World Cup went wrong with the fleet challenges. In the message, the performance was moderate, coaching.
Marko Anttola does not believe that the disease struck during Falun’s time will ruin the General Series World Championships in Trondheim.
– The feeling has been good, and if the little disease would sensitize. If you ski in Niko Trondheim for 15 chess, I’d be very pleased, Länsi-Lapland’s man comments.
– All trips are good for what you can ski. However, 50 kilometers are not a profit trip. Skiathlon, possibly ten and of course the message are interesting, he adds.