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Let's learn more about the twenty Finnish nordic combined school that '' everyone has surprised and impressed in the first weekend of the World Cup in Ruka.
Tuesday 29 November 2016 9 minutes reading time
Hirvonen same even imagined before starting the week leading up to the Ruka Nordic Opening to end the weekend with a personal best to beat (4th place in Saturday gundersen) and being already '' now in the top ten of the general only twenty points of the master of the last four editions Eric Frenzel.
After winning last week ahead of the national title in the sprint compatriot and great friend Ilkka Herola, he had stated that his target was to reach Ruka in both gundersen two placings from the top 20.
Nell''incontro had with the press last Saturday after having missed the podium, Hirvonen has reiterated that it was rather surprised that he had already '' achieved this prestigious placement, "I knew I was in good shape and that with Ruka ski jump - which is the My favorite - I have a special feeling, but then I saw after the third lap that I still had strength, leg strength, the 'Ruka environment was engaging with me and my stuff was good so' 'I tried to resist as much' 'can and the great result although very surprising and' 'arrived'.
And the resistance and the 'have more strength in the legs and' 'the point on which most worked during the' summer. Un''estate where finally was able to train full-time without suffering any physical problem whatsoever. In the last two seasons he has always had physical problems that have limited the development and today 's explosion. By adding one after the 'other, mycoplasma all''infiammazione bronchi, from the stress fracture in various seasonal virus, for Hirvonen and' 'always he has been prevented from developing his talent fully combined athlete.
Completed by January 2016 all these hitches, for Hirvonen and '' it started a slow but sustained escalation in performance and early results of value. That is evidenced by the first points scored in finishing 25th gundersen the Lahti World Cup, then with the 4th place at the World Junior Rasnov, with Terrence Weber medal lost in the sprint for un''incollatura, and earning the medal bronze in the relay with Finland to the same world cadets.
The twenty year old from Jyvaskyla to some insiders could remember his countryman Jaakko Tallus. But unlike the Olympic champion team in Salt Lake City in 2002 and has improved over the bottom only in the last 2/3 years of his career, Eero and '' always constantly improved on from year to year but narrow skis but not '' lose his undisputed capacity '' in the jump. It features hard to find in an increasingly valuable combined athlete to grips with a difficult balance to maintain between the two so terribly dissimilar components together.
But it '' was precisely the characteristic that the resistance led by Eero to approach the child to Nordic combined. Up to 12 years old Hirvonen as many Finnish adolescents practiced cross-country skiing in the winter and ride the 'Summer country. But one day after watching on TV his idols: Janne Ahonen and Hannu Manninen decided he would also begun with the jump. Because he lived in the small Laukaa - small suburb just 8km north of Jyväskylä - the 'entry in the ski klub more' 'known of Central Finland was automatic.
Jyväskylä ski klub that has always produced the best talent in jumping (Nykänen, Ristolainen of the most famous) rather than in combined where the 'only athlete international level remains the three-time Olympic champion Samppa Lajunen. But now after a lean period as well as Hirvonen ramp launch two more good prospect kids like Mikko Hulkko, anch''esso medal in Rasnov and sixteen Atte Kettunen that has '' more '' sometimes imposed in FIS Youth competitions in Oberstdorf.
"After that I tried the first jumps sull''Hs 20, having a good resistance and practicing already '' cross-country moving to the Nordic combined for me and '' was very natural and easy. In fact, I always liked endurance sports and special jump and '' was just very exciting for me "
To those who pointed out that the World Championships in Lahti he might even have a team his idol Hannu Manninen, he says "I think that Hannu will be '' in good shape for the World Cup if he decided to return to competition and I hope to race together with him in the relay. For me it would be a dream really compete in Lahti with him. "
He does not arise goals in his future career "I would love to get to those athletes who are dominating in my sport, step by step and be an athlete who can '' get to the podium in every competition going to play."
But at the same time it is also very humble emphasizing some details of his character: "I know I still have to work hard, have a positive and sociable guy. One of my strengths is that I ask a lot of myself. But at the same time a few times I think it's also a weakness because I always want to do things the best way, but when I see that I can not make them work can also be very angry with myself. "
So expect even more improvements in the young career of Eero Hirvonen with his dream and goal of the season to achieve something important in the world of household Lahti in 2017.
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