Finnish squad for Lahti: Official! Hannu Manninen part in the Cup after five and a half years

In view of the race beginning of the year 2017 in Lahti the head coach of Suomi Combined has released the names of the athletes who will compete in the Finnish premondiali on earth with three confirmations and important news.

Thursday 29 December 2016 6 minutes reading time

It could also be a coincidence or it could be a sign of destiny but Finland the Nordic combined after having spent the last five years with a contingent of athletes always very tight and looking for team results worthy of the glorious past, just when he saw this season increase its share of well 2 units seen in the official meetings the return of his greatest athlete of all time: Hannu Manninen. The head coach Petter Kukkonen has in fact already '' circulated the four names that will be part (along with 4 Combiners of the national group) of the races of the Lahti World Cup scheduled for 7 to 8 January next. In addition to the already '' certain Ilkka Herola, Arttu MÃ¤kiaho and falling due to stress fracture Eero Hirvonen, the fourth name is just what the 38 year old "Swan Rovaniemi." To close the circle of coincidences we can add the fact that Hannu begins in the very same place where he had finished the first part of career March 12, 2011 with an anonymous 22 th place in gundersen held in the resort which will host the World Cup from mid-February. From that in March 2011, however Hannu not '' certainly rocked his endless triumphs in Nordic Combined. Hang "momentarily" to the nail skiing, within a year he obtained the patent to become a pilot. Initially on domestic routes with Flybe, company nevertheless closed the 'activities after one year. Then with the Norra Airlines and recently obtained the patent for intercontinental flights, and '' was hired by national carrier Finnair. In sports after half a season as coach of the youngest in the waiting period between the first two avionics companies; Manninen From 2013 he devoted himself with success in the triathlon in his native Finland. After a first year of apprenticeship the Rovaniemi boy then reported the national title the past two seasons. All these activities must, however, '' added the 4th place obtained by Hannu Combined played in national championships in Taivalkoski in early April. Competition in which you Manninen and '' tried his hand at the invitation of the DT Kukkonen, without putting in it no claim since there saliva on a Hs from 5 years to that part. But from Taivalkoski, analyzed well the little gap accumulated in 10km from the top 10 of the Ilkka Herola World Cup, the Olympic champion in Salt Lake City in 2002 has slowly begun to think seriously about their comeback. Many surely will wonder what is the 'current combined level of Manninen both jump at the bottom, and what can we expect from his first releases the new year in Lahti. For this helps the head coach Petter Kukkonen: "His condition at the bottom are good. He made an internal test in early December with the rest of the national team and you and '' showed the best of all. He worked a lot in Lahti nell''ultimo month both in fund sull''HS. Jump in and '' competitive by normal hill but next week we will train all together even from '' Hs 130 and we can make them more accurate comparisons. " What do you expect the final position in the race in Lahti? "I do not want to be too optimistic but I think his range will be between the 15th and 20th position. If, however, '' Hannu already entered '' in the top 10 will not hide my surprise. But he's Manninen ... simply the most successful in the World Cup. " Here are the Finnish Lahti (4): - Ilkka HEROLA - Eero HIRVONEN - Hannu MANNINEN - Arttu MÃ„KIAHO national contingent (4): - Matti HEROLA - Jim HÃ„RTULL - Leevi Mutru - Jussi SALO Recall that in Lahti are scheduled two individual competition on 7-8 January 2017 with the trampoline competitions Hs 130 and 10km gundersen.

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