Reijo Jylhä took the women’s ski team command for next winter. Teemu Pasanen, head coach of the national team, is expected to quit in the spring.
Since 2021, Iltalehti’s Cross -country Skiing Specialist Reijo Jylhä grabbed the skiing of the Ski Association and became head coach of the women’s cross -country ski team for the winter 2025-26.
The period includes the Milano-Cortina Olympics as a top event.
– I have very good thoughts about this. I liked the combo that Pia Pekonen It has come with it too. They fit well with each other as coaches and I like it, says Jasmi Joensuu about the new coaching couple.
– We have now had two camps and then in August. There are really good feelings.
Jylhä’s pesti is one winter long. Thus, the important pair of aid and the stubbornness of the workload is Pekonen, a specialist at the Olympic Committee.
Calm and experienced
Reijo Jylhä is the head coach of the women’s cross -country ski team over next winter. Elle Laitila
Jylhä is one of the most experienced ski coaches in the country. The man was the head coach of the Finnish ski team from 2001 to 06 and 2014-18.
The new coaching duo has brought a new operating culture to the women’s team and more training together. The team is unified.
Only Kerttu Niskanen is preparing for the Olympics outside the national team, which is justified in view of the woman’s experience.
Type of leader
Teemu Pasanen, head coach of the cross -country ski team, will apply for new job challenges after next season. Pasi Liesimaa
After next winter, the Finnish cross -country ski team will receive a new head coach after 2020 Teemu Pasanen According to current knowledge, other tasks will be transferred.
– Teemu’s boots are pretty big to fill. Yes, the type of leader must be found that can hold many yarns in their hands. It must be the type that understands the needs of women and men. Certainly there is a good guy if Teemu doesn’t continue, Joensuu thinks.
Alien?
Kerttu Niskanen is preparing for the Olympic Winter outside the national team. Pasi Liesimaa
The list of top Finnish coaches is short. List of the willing may be even shorter.
Work requires well over 200 travel days off the home sofa. The Ski Association is unable to pay top payments, the athlete is often whimsical and the pressures set by the media and fans are still on top.
Would next be the moment of a foreign head coach?
– Well, I don’t know if the next time it would be a foreigner if there is no one in Finland. In that case, you have to look from abroad, but it’s a sorrow for next season. Fortunately, you don’t have to think about it yet, says Joensuu.
There is quite a few actual coaching work on the ski coach’s job description. More the main coout is organizing athletes’ flights and accommodation, working as a team leader and has a lot to do with, for example, media.
The Country Skiing World Cup will start from 28 to 30th. November from Kuusamo Ruka.