Liberec WORLD ski 2009, Finland was the world’s best women hiihtomaa. Seefeldissä 2019 Finnish women have not received the medal of medals. Post flop on Thursday was only the tip of the iceberg.The evening paper told, why the Finnish relay race ended with a huge disappointment.

Gold post, gold pair in the message, gold for a tenner… Six women’s world start, of which only 30 kilometres, Finland was left without a medal.

Ten years ago in Liberec, Finland was the world’s best country for women ski.

Thursday, 4×5 km in the message Seefeldissä Finland faded to sixth. It wasn’t a coincidence, although a quartet of Laura Mononen , Krista Pärmäkoski , Riitta-Liisa Fools and Eveliina Piippo struggling ski problems with. The outcome was the result of the long continued depression of women’s skiing.

What has happened in ten years?

in the Years 2006-10, Finland had a great generation, when the team was in the Virpi Kuitunen , Aino-Kaisa Saarinen , Pirjo Murase and Riitta-Liisa Fools. All of them skied regularly in personal races on the podium. Then the concern was that särkymävaraa be at all. the Riikka Sarasoja-Lilja was practically the only one who could fill in for the message group. The other difference was huge, the evening paper expert Toni Fools to start the analysis.

Toni Fools is Riitta-Liisa Fools the husband and personal coach.

the Women’s world cup total score in Finland is currently the fifth. Personal cup Pärmäkoski is the third, the Leader is # 28, Kerttu Niskanen 48:h and a splendid game 64:p.

– Krista and Gretel rise to the international level in 2011. Krista was a 20-year-old Oslo world championships in the fourth and Gretel 22 the age of eight. They are the only ones who are in this decade women ski with, and they, too, only Krista success now on a regular basis.

Seefeld MM-message anchor Eveliina Piippo not finish able to stand on their own. In the photo he took to support Krista Pärmäkosken. In the picture also Riitta-Liisa last penny and Laura Mononen (on the right). PASI LIESIMAAILMystinen sorrow

women’s competitive sports in Finland the individual species have not experienced a similar vein shocks than boys, since women football – and kiekkoilu professional career is far less attractive option.

– Finland skiing in the 14-16-year-old girls are the world’s elite. 17-18-year-olds will become good success in the Nordic championships, but something happened in the transition of young people value race to a level and for adults. The current talent our Anita Ear and Eveliina Piippo are the first time to adults championships in Seefeldissä – and their success are nearly the same as krista cook and Kertulla eight years ago.

each year arranged under 20 years of MM-hiihdoissa term 2005-19 Finland has achieved 12 personal medals.

Something in Finnish training is done in color. I have certain views, but I want to see the Swedish youth practice before the analysis. The next summer I went to find out how to 18-23-year-old Swedish training, Toni Fools tell you.

Pirjo Murase (left), Virpi Kuitunen (currently Virpi Sarasvuo), Riitta-Liisa Fools and Aino-Kaisa Saarinen won the message to the world championship gold medal in 2009. EPA / AOPKonkarit in the moonlight

When the Usa dominated women’s skiing in a decade at the turn, the worst competitor countries of Norway, Sweden and Russia were not as strong as it is today. Norway and Russia were left without any message to medal at the world championships in 2009.

– Charlotte Kallan example and the general skiing boom in the Swedish ski has gone to a huge forward. Is Stina Nilsson , Ebba Andersson and Frida Karlsson .

Sweden and Russia have been able to the last two during the season to refine the top of a lot of new performers. At the same time, Finland’s top women are congealed.

– year of the 2013-17 Mononen (born 1984), Anne Kyllönen (1987) and Niskanen (1988) performed much better than this and last season. It tells the coaching errors. Just Pärmäkoski (1990) is the last two of the season developed during clearly.