Tag: Krista Pärmäkoski

  • Finnish gold hockey winners return from the Beijing Olympics

    Finnish gold hockey winners return from the Beijing Olympics

    The members of the Finnish men’s hockey national team arrived at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport on Monday afternoon, fresh from winning the gold medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Sunday. Cross-country skiers and Olympic medalists also joined the team on the flight from China Krista Pärmäkoski and Kerttu Niskanen. After a short delay in Beijing due…

  • Snow on southern Finland on Monday, driving conditions dangerous

    Snow on southern Finland on Monday, driving conditions dangerous

    According to the Finnish Meteorological Institute, the low-pressure front is expected to bring as much as 25 centimeters of snow to southern Finland on Monday and Tuesday. Snowfall is accompanied by strong east winds, which makes driving conditions particularly dangerous on the south coast. On Monday, temperatures will fluctuate between -3 and -7 degrees Celsius…

  • Wednesday’s newspapers: Second NATO survey, unpaid agricultural bills, Olympic super day

    Wednesday’s newspapers: Second NATO survey, unpaid agricultural bills, Olympic super day

    Poll ordered by the day Helsingin sanomat newspaper shows that 43 per cent of Finnish voters support joining NATO if the president and prime minister considered joining the union in Finland’s interests. Of the 1,066 people who responded to the survey, 27 percent said they were opposed to membership even in these circumstances, while 30…

  • Skier Niskanen won the Finnish gold

    Skier Niskanen won the Finnish gold

    Skier Iivo Niskanen placed first in the men’s 15-kilometer classic final on Friday and secured Finland’s first gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Expected duel between Niskanen and Alexander Bolshunov The competition of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) was not disappointing, as the Finnish skier was 23.2 seconds ahead of his main…

  • Ebba Andersson third in the mass start

    Ebba Andersson third in the mass start

    New podium for Ebba Andersson in the Tour de Ski, the Swede finished third in the mass start in Val di Fiemme and Frida Karlsson had to settle for 11th place. Winner Natalja Neprjajeva was 4.1 seconds faster than the Swede and 2.4 seconds faster than runner-up Katharina Hennig. With today’s podium, Andersson is a…

  • Ebba Andersson second in the hunt start

    Ebba Andersson second in the hunt start

    It was a second place for Ebba Andersson in the hunt start in Toblach. Andersson and Julija Stupak immediately started picking seconds on leading Jessie Diggins and compatriot Rosie Brennan and when the American fell after four kilometers, the duo caught up. For the race, the three were where Stupak won and Andersson took second…