Jens Weissflog attended on Saturday Matti Nykänen’s funeral.Close and friends were saying goodbye to Matti Nykänen chapel yard, in Jyväskylä.
at the beginning of February at the age of 55 dead Matti Nykänen was blessed tonight on Saturday laid to rest in Jyväskylä. Hill legend’s funeral is the place to have his closest friends and relatives but also familiar faces Nykänen sports career along the way.
Also the German legend Jens Weissflog , 54, was to honor the presence of his former racing partner in his last journey.
days like This are sad. No one expects that people die so young. I hope that he found peace, Weissflog said the evening paper.
Weissflogin and Nykänen battles of the 1980s, hill races are left indelibly contemporaries in mind.
Jens Weissflogin and Matti Nykänen encounters in the 1980s have remained indelible in the minds of many. JOEL MAISALMI
In 1984, Weissflog won the Sarajevo olympics normaalimäen gold before the second in the Nykänen. Suurmäen in the standings go vice versa. MM-level two airing together on the podium three times: in 1984 and 1985 joukkuemäen after and in 1989 in the Bay suurmäen after.
we Met last time two years ago in Vuokatti. He was in good shape. I have good memories. He had a bad time, like we all have. Life has good and bad moments, Weissflog said.
blessing ceremony was also Janne Ahonen .
– of course I am the day of the funeral, Matt remembered and wondered. When I left home to drive, it gets a few more thoughts visit mind.
Aho 14 years older Nykänen was to him in due course, the great exemplar. The blessing of the opportunity to get called ahonen feelings to the surface.
– Yes, it was going eyes get wet.
Matti Nykänen was Your called ahonen a great role model. JOEL MAISALMI