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The former cross-country skier Olli will Ohtonen part of the team of the Finnish cross-country skiing, while continuing to work for the university Jyväskylä.
Tuesday 8 July 2014 2 minutes reading time
Work precisely part-time with the Finnish cross-country skiers, especially with the sprinters. The athlete, who retired from racing in 2010, it was more strong in the specialties distance, but having coached sprinter Toni Ketelä since 2007, now his mentality is more oriented sprint.
One year ago began his collaboration with Iivo Niskanen, but despite his results are not Ohtonen gone to his head: "I'm still doing my first steps as a coach, I still have a lot to learn, but I think it may be useful to have been a cross-country skier in order to understand the emotions that go into the head of an athlete during training and competition. I definitely will more easy to put myself in their shoes and build certainty. "
And also it also says "Very pleased with the warm welcome on the team. It ' very interesting to me aggregarmi to the team, given the presence of athletes with whom I competed. All athletes on the team are talented and motivated. "
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