The Finland of the jump for 2017 - '' 18. Restructuring and enlargement

The Finnish Nordic Ski Federation announced the composition of the teams in view of the season 2017 - '18. In the men's jump, it was decided to restructure the movement by creating a top level of 9 men.

Friday 19 May 2017 3 minutes reading time

Four of them will be members of the "National Team", while the other five will be called "Team 1". However, this is a single group, in which four have a higher status. Team Leader Andreas Mitter, who is preparing for his second season at the helm of the Blue Flag team, has stated that the choice has been made to increase internal competitiveness: "We will have a group of nine athletes who will train together, summer. It is a large group of men who will collapse each other with the goal of having a solid team in view of the winter " Compared with last year, the national team drops from five to four. The novelty is the promotion of Antti Aalto. On the other hand, it is "downgraded" Lauri Asikainen, who will still be in "Team 1". Harri Olli disappears, whose only bond with the federation is now represented by lawful beghe. As for Group 1, it was decided to co-opt the three junior team members of the 2016-17 season, adding Asikainen and Janne Korhonen. Extensively expanded the Challenger group, which will count 11 items (against 6 in the previous year). This is the structure of the Finnish jump for 2017-'18: SQUADRA NAZIONALE AALTO Antti (1995) AHONEN Janne (1977) LARINTO Ville (1990) MOVIE Jarkko (1994) SQUADRA 1 ALAMOMMO Andreas (1998) ASIAN Lauri (1989) KORHONEN Janne (1996) BIRTHDAY Niko (1999) NOUSIAINEN Eetu (1997) (1992) VIRTUAL Jonne (2000) VIRRANTALO Markus (1992) THE CHURCH OF THE CHALLENGER AHONEN Mico (2001) HEIKKINEN Kalle (1999) KAVILO Henri (1999) LOUKASMÃ„KI Wili (1997) LÃ–YTÃ„INEN Niko (1998) OJALA Juho 2000) THE GREAT Elias (1996)

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