Cross-country skiing - Sochi 2014
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The Federation of Finnish cross-country skiing has officially announced the names of the athletes who will participate in the Sochi Olympics, scheduled for February 7 to 23.
Monday 27 January 2014 2 minutes reading time
They will go to Russia fifteen children, seven women and eight men. It is therefore not fully exploited the cross-country contingent of seventeen total. This is the complete list of those summoned.
Women
Kyllönen Anne (1987) Lähteenmäki Krista (1990) MALVALEHTO Mona-Liisa (1983) Niskanen Kerttu (1988) Roponen Riitta-Liisa (1978) SAARINEN Aino-Kaisa (1979) Sarasoja-LILJA Riikka (1982)
UominiHEIKKINEN Matti (1983) JAUHOJÄRVI Sami (1981) Jylhä Martti (1987) LEHTONEN Lari (1987) Juho Mikkonen (1990) Niskanen Ilvo (1992) Ville Nousiainen (1983) Pentsinen Anssi (1986)
The greatest hopes Finland will be placed in the tests to women's teams. In the team sprint classical technique in fact the couple Kyllonen-Saarinen won in Asiago, while in the girls relay Finns, who will defend the bronze medal won in Vancouver, the most quoted seem to try at least to give a hard time to Norway , favored, Eve. The only other medal won four years ago is the Aino-Kaisa Saarinen of bronze in the 30 km classic technique, however, that in this edition of the Games will be held in skating, weakness of the Finnish veteran.
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