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The Finnish Winter Sports Federation has formalized the composition of the national Alpine Skiing Teams for the 2017-18 season.
Monday 1 May 2017 4 minutes reading time
Like some of the world's top skiers, the small Finland of the Alpine has to deal with injuries and retreats in announcing the official roster of boys and girls who will be part of the national team next season in the Olympic season.
In a season, the one just ended, featured more than injuries and withdrawals that good results in the World Cup, the good news is the return to the competitions, after the injury suffered immediately to Soelden, the talented giant Marcus Sandell.
Season 2016-17 began immediately, in addition to Sandell's problem with the forced withdrawal of the promising Santeri Paloniemi, which continued with the ongoing physical problems of Andreas Romar and ended with the other forced abandonment of the activity ' 'For the slalomist Merle Soppela.
In the midst of all these negativities, the only sunshine last season was the 10th place of Samu Torsti in January at Chuenisbärgli in Adelboden.
While in the women's field after the gold years of Tanja Poutjainen, the 18-year-old Honkanen with the medal achieved at junior level in slalom in 2016 is perhaps the only hope on which the movement Suomi is based to revitalize the fashions of a recent past.
These are the words of head coach Janne Haarala about Sandell's operation, "The operation of vertebral surgery and the resulting rehabilitation phase have gone well. Our forecast is that Marcus can return to skis already at August, then to be at the starting point at the end of October at the tour of the Soelden glacier. "
The 8-member Finnish team will in practice work during the summer season together and the distinction between teams A and B is 'in fact' merely fictitious due to the results obtained last season and according to the ranking of athletics in their respective specialties And respects the rigid internal criteria drawn up at the beginning of the year.
Here are the five guys and the three girls included:
Team A- men
 MARCUS SANDELL, Grifk Alpine, Kauniainen SAMU TORSTI, Vasa Skidklubb Squadra B- women HILLS HANNOLA, Santa Claus Ski Team Rovaniemi RIIKKA HONKANEN, Alpine Race Team Taabor, Klaukkala NELLA KORPIO, Helsinki Ski Club Squadra B- men MIIKKA MANKINEN, Ruka Slalom EEMELI PIIRINEN , Kuopio Ski Club ANDREAS ROMAR, Vasa Skidklubb
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