Finland Again in Fourth Place at the World Ski Championships – A Strong Speech from Yle's Expert about Tearful Jasmi Joensuu

Finland again harshly finishes in fourth at the World Ski Championships – Strong speech from Yle's expert about tearful Jasmi Joensuu

Jasmi Joensuu fought once again for a team medal for Finland at the World Ski Championships, but for the second consecutive time, the outcome was fourth place by a narrow margin.

Watch the deciding moments of the bronze medal battle!

Suomi taipui neljänneksi Trondheimin MM-kisojen naisten viestikilpailussa.

Jasmi Joensuun MM-kisat olivat ennen viestiä sujuneet mollivoittoisesti. Hän pidätteli kyyneleitä sprinttifinaalista karsiutumisen jälkeen.

In the team sprint, Joensuu pushed herself to the limit, leading to a moment of unconsciousness. She monitored the third leg, but could not catch up to Switzerland’s Nadine Fähndrich in the bronze medal battle.

This time Joensuu battled against Germany’s Victoria Carl for bronze. However, Carl was stronger at the end, finishing half a second quicker.

Joensuu was filmed appearing very disappointed and in tears afterward. Teammates comforted her.

• Joensuu had a heroic mantle opportunity. Carl is one of the best skiers in normal distance events. This was a strong performance from Jasmi. Of course, a medal was desired, but Jasmi has to be proud of this performance, Yle expert Kalle Lassila described freshly in the commentary.

Lassila held a strong speech in the Sports Studio shortly thereafter regarding Joensuu's performances.

• Let’s not forget that Jasmi is skiing at the peak of her career at 28 years old. She has developed tremendously and is leading the sprint cup in the World Cup. Of course, she did not achieve her targets here. Now there is no medal in the cabinet, and she has not reached her goals.

• Compared to previous times, however, she is in the fight. The decisions are on small things. The expectation that everything is done perfectly is pretty high. Now it just wasn't enough, Lassila firmly stated.

Jasmi Joensuu in tears after the relay.

Joensuu said she knew it would be hard for Carl to drop during the anchor leg. Joensuu noted that Carl tried to drop her several times.

• I had it in mind to stay close and manage my job at the end. I tried my hardest. I wanted to bring the girls a medal. Someone had to be fourth. I was fourth again, Joensuu, who had described her mood as good before the race, stated.

The relay victory went to Sweden in a thrilling finish against Norway by a margin of 0.7 seconds. Swedish anchor Jonna Sundling sprinted at a gap of 37.2 seconds over the last 7.5 kilometers. The fate of Norway and Kristin Fosnæs was to finish second.

Watch the solution to Sweden's and Norway's championship battle!

Johanna Matintalo lagged behind the leading team from Norway by 46 seconds during the opening leg and over 40 seconds from medal positions. Matintalo was holding her back after her leg. Finland fell behind the pace of the leaders especially on the second half of the 7.5 kilometers.

• This explains why the interval skiing didn't look so relaxed on the second lap, Lassila evaluated in the commentary.

• It was not the best version of Johanna, but now there was a reason found for it. We are still in the game.

After the race, Matintalo revealed that her back only began to ache post-race. - It didn't ruin this race. I only noticed after the race that I almost couldn't get up.

Matintalo said that otherwise, it was really difficult skiing on the second round. - I saw that women were coming past me on both sides. I had to work really hard. I didn’t keep up with the group. The second lap was really hard because others had a restorative descent, Matintalo conceded in tears.

Matintalo finished the exchange in seventh place for Finland. After that, Kerttu Niskanen and Krista Pärmäkoski started the chase.

Kerttu Niskanen pulled Finland up to fourth place about 30 seconds behind the German third team.

Pärmäkoski caught up with Germany. The teams started the anchor leg at the same pace, where Germany ultimately proved to be stronger.

Kerttu Niskanen exchanged to Krista Pärmäkoski closer to the bronze battle. Pärmäkoski was in a hurry to get to the right exchange area.

Pärmäkoski caught Germany on her segment.

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