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Jari Karinkanta, head coach of Finland's biathlon, oozes confidence from every pore, so that in recent days has ventured into a prediction rather optimistic about the chances of his team at the Olympics.
Tuesday 15 October 2013 3 minutes reading time
"We have several chances to medal.'s Success will depend largely on the quality expressed in the fund. From my point of view I would venture that Finland will win two medals in biathlon in Sochi 2014," said quarantottenne technician.
In all likelihood Karinkanta for "Finland" means Kaisa Mäkäräinen as other concrete podium chances do not seem to be there.
In male athletes are more competitive movement Jarkko Kauppinen and Ahti Toivanen, who are struggling to enter the best 30 positions. In the women apart Mäkäräinen the only girl with the trappings for peeking at the edge of the districts of the standings is Mari Laukkanen, but the top-three is still far from his reach.
So Karinkanta or expects the bully (and surprising) explosion of a second line, or is convinced to see Mäkäräinen twice on the podium in four races.
It is not to be excluded. In the end, the winner of the World Cup 2010 -'' 11 has already managed to win two medals in the same great event. The World Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk in 2011 was silver and gold in the sprint in pursuit''.
Certainly the thirties Ristijärvi, who recently changed coach shooting, he will need to regain lost precision to transform into reality the prospects of his head coach.
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