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Technical director Reijo Jyhä Finnish fund industry has named his squad ahead of the World Cup in Lahti, to be held from February 22 to March 5, 2017.
Saturday 4 February 2017 4 minutes reading time
After the conclusion of two days of Keuruu with national leagues and '' it came the big surprise with the presence of the biathlete Kaisa Mäkäräinen the list of athletes who will be part of the world's shipping. Just twenty days ago, the two-time winner of the biathlon in general had called skeptical about its presence in the world of Nordic given the chance '' to fight until the end for the third crystal ball and after not receiving the necessary guarantees to take part the World Championships Finnish Suomi technicians.
In the last two weeks something else must be changed, and Kaisa prevailed desire to pair medals in the same season in the two disciplines.
So both Laukkanen (already certain of the place after the good performance in the World Cup) and for Mäkäräinen seems certain the double world commitment Hochfilzen and Lahti, requested commitment by popular acclaim for biathlete Ristijärvi seen the difficulty of having a third fractionist adequate value in the 4x5 km.
Here are the 20 names divided by gender including four reserves:
Women: Anne Kyllönen, Kainuun Hiihtoseura Mari Laukkanen, Enon Kisa-Pojat Katri Lylynperä, Vuokatti Ski Team Kainuu Laura Mononen, Hämeenlinnan Hiihtoseura Kaisa Mäkäräinen, Kontiolahden Urheilijat Kerttu Niskanen, Vieremän Koitto Krista Pärmäkoski, Ikaalisten Urheilijat Riitta-Liisa Roponen, Oulun Hiihtoseura Susanna Saapunki , Vuokatti Ski Team Kainuu Aino-Kaisa Saarinen, Lempäälän Kisa
Reserves: Andrea Julin, IF Minken Leena Nurmi, Lempäälän Kisa
men:
Ristomatti Hakola, Jamin Janne Matti Heikkinen, Vantaan Hiihtoseura Perttu Hyvärinen, Riistaveden Urheilijat Sami Jauhojärvi, Vuokatti Ski Team Kainuu Martti Jylhä, Vuokatti Ski Team Kainuu Lari Lehtonen, Urheilijat Imatran Iivo Niskanen, Vuokatti Ski Team Kainuu Ville Nousiainen, Kouvolan Hiihtoseura Anssi Pentsinen, Vantaan Hiihtoseura Matias Strandvall, IF Minken
Reserve: Lauri Vuorinen, Kouvolan Hiihtoseura
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