Commentary Iivo Niskanen Congealed With Free Share Promising Signs Still Not Enough

Iivo Niskanen's World Cup fitness was still in doubt before Friday's combined skiing There are still shadows, but now they are a little dimmer.

Niskanen, 31, did what was expected of him in Friday's traditional section The multi-winner accelerated to the top on the last hill of the first lap and continued his bid for the second lap.

Niskanen didn't get away, but the group split up like Planica's inferior track In the last two runs of the traditional, Niskanen ran violently, but there were no more headlong blows from him.

The Finn's medal dreams crumbled to an ugly clot at the beginning of the free run, but it's not worth giving too much weight to that The Olympic champion has been training for free skiing moderately, and the exhaustion cannot therefore be considered a miracle.

On Friday it seemed that at 50 kilometers you could very well shake, and properly As is known, the season of Niskanen, 31, has been tinged with adversity.

November's corona infection broke the man through the canvas to a long break from training and competitions At least the question marks did not echo during the Tour de Ski, which the Finnish star decided to stop.

After the Tour, Niskanen has competed sparingly: in January in Les Rousses and a week later in Toblach The ski was already moving better, but the tone was still far from the smashing condition of the Beijing Olympics.

In the first rounds of traditional Niskanen's famous shift skiing, there was a similar gallantry, which is a guarantee of his top form It bodes well.

Niskanen's dream 50 km joint start will be skied on the last day of the World Cup skis, March 5 In the race, seven rounds of a 7.

15-kilometer loop are made The course is largely the same as the blue and red course of Friday's skiathlon.

A shift ski climb that favors the neck is therefore enough Friday's combined skiing showed that it is possible to let loose on the slopes of Planica.

The rare long work breaks are even better for Niskanen in his fifties, because then he doesn't have to wear a stiff skiathlon mono Niskanen is at his best when he gets to forge his loose turn skiing, and it is precisely with that technique that the intermediate model's mono throttles the worst.

In addition, Planica's longest work period fell on a free run on Friday At fifty, it is in full use.

From the point of view of the 50 kilometer gold dreams, it is essential whether Niskanen finds a friend to pull the strings In previous prestigious competitions, the Kuopio native has been able to enjoy Aleksandr Bolshunov's horsemanship, but now that luxury is not available.

Getting out on your own – and especially staying in the wilderness – is extremely difficult And Niskanen hardly dares to trust his words.

In combined skiing, Niskasen had enough friends Simen Hegstad Krüger, who has won the sovereign world championship, is also a tough bone in the final distance, perhaps unnecessarily so.

Among the other favourites, Sweden's William Poromaa showed his striking ability with his traditional runs Niskanen's Friday was not a complete hit, everything else.

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