Taking a well-deserved rest break from sports holiday fun in the winter weather? Then check out these episodes of Sportliv – with, among other things, a ski WC current trio.
Eager to get to know some athletes from the World Ski Championships more closely, soak up ice hockey inspiration or simply enjoy different sports entertainment? Then take a closer look at these eight episodes of Sportliv.
We start with three athletes competing in the WC in Planica in the next few weeks:
Remi Lindholm likes pain and trains to the limit: “Sometimes it goes away completely”
Remi Lindholm likes pain and trains to the limit: “Sometimes it goes away completely”
–
Play on the Arena
No Finnish cross-country skier trains as much and as hard as Remi Lindholm. “Iivo Niskanen is angry because I said that, but that’s probably how it is,” grins the national ski team’s Pernåbördiga star shot.
Last fall, Sportliv met Lindholm in his current home district of Vuokatti, where he performed a tough training session, bathed in a sauna with his trainer, and prepared his favorite dish: grilled liver box.
When Alva Thors, 17, lacked friends, sports became all she had
When other peers spent their free time hanging out with friends, Alva Thors fled to sports. If the 17-year-old from Vörå had friends in junior high school, she would not have been as successful in Nordic combination. But she had felt better.
“Sport was what I had and without it I would have felt much worse than I did,” says Thors in Sportliv.
Now sprint queen Jonna Sundling wants to shine at all distances
The story behind the unlikely Olympic gold – now the sprint queen Jonna Sundling wants to shine at all distances
–
Play on the Arena
Jonna Sundling is the reigning Olympic champion and world champion in sprint skiing. She was by far the best in the Olympics last year despite having injured herself at an inopportune time in the first competition of the season.
Now she aspires to become even better as an all-round skater. “It’s difficult, but it’s possible,” says Sundling in Sportliv’s report from Östersund.
For skiing enthusiasts we also recommend this week’s fresh episode with long-distance skier Viktor Mäenpääwho shares his opinion on the future of cross-country skiing.
The episode with Viktor Mäenpää will be released on Saturday.
Image: Marianne Nyman / Yle
skiers, cross-country skiing, Ski Classics
Glistening ice, biting winds and resounding rinks – ice hockey is naturally also part of the sports holiday. Here are three episodes with Finnish-Swedish hockey profiles:
The road to the NHL – the hockey promise Emil Hemming’s family is betting everything on the big dream
The road to the NHL – the hockey promise Emil Hemming’s family is betting everything on the big dream
–
Play on the Arena
Three years ago, the Hemming hockey family in Vaasa made a big decision. During a sports holiday week in Espoo, the family’s then 12- and 10-year-old sons Emil and Oscar had discovered that they were not at the same level as the Espoo players of the same age.
To give the promising sons a chance to follow in father Jonas’s footsteps and become hockey professionals, the whole family moved to Espoo.
Matilda Nilsson was tired of always being the best – now she is living the professional dream in Sweden
Matilda Nilsson was tired of always being the best – now she is living the professional dream in Sweden
–
Play on the Arena
Matilda Nilsson has found what she was looking for in Sweden – a women’s hockey environment that differs markedly from the one she experienced in Finland. Now the WC medalist from Kyrkslätt lives the professional life in Brynäs.
“I grabbed my neck and said that now I have to dare to take the challenge – my time is now,” says Nilsson when Sportliv visits Gävle.
When Don Lindgren told about the racism in Hockeyfinland, his teammates thought he was joking
“Used to be called n****” – when Don Lindgren told about racism in Hockey Finland, teammates thought he was joking
–
Play on the Arena
When Don Lindgren was called the n-word on the ice, the referee stood by, but turned his back on him and walked away.
Lindgren is disappointed with the work against racism in Finnish ice hockey – but he still loves the sport, which has taken him from Nykarleby to Greece, Spain and the Philippines.
“It would be very sad if young promising junior careers end because of racism in Finland,” says Lindgren in Sportliv.
Image: Sebastian Backman / Yle
Tag
And then finally something completely different. Now we stay indoors and meet a fitness-mad Jakobstad resident and paraswimming star from Helsinki:
Kajsa Ojala enjoys going out: “I’m probably a bit crazy”
Painful lungs and muscles but a brain that refuses to give up – Kajsa Ojala enjoys getting out: “I’m probably a bit crazy”
–
Play on the Arena
Training hard and pushing yourself to the limit is something that Kajsa Ojala enjoys. The feeling when the muscles tremble, the lungs ache and the body says no is something she cannot live without.
After having a child, the 40-year-old Jakobstad resident was terrified of being stuck on the sofa and becoming a “bull mother”. Now she sees crossfit as a way to get confirmation and shake off the feeling of inadequacy.
Henrik Krogius: My short stature should not be a reason for not being appreciated
Henrik Krogius wants to be treated like everyone else: “My short stature should not be a reason for not being appreciated”
–
Play on the Arena
Henrik Krogius is 130 centimeters tall and belongs to the world’s best swimmers in his para class. But to be appreciated as a top athlete is not a matter of course. In Australia, he experienced the great appreciation of para sports, but also gross disrespect.
“My disability means that I often have to prove what I can do in order to be accepted and respected,” says 24-year-old Krogius in Sportliv.
