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| 1. | Army is over now. How does it go on? Have you decided to study? |
| | Yes, it is. I have not got the results yet. but I tried to get into Lapland´s University |
| | in Rovaniemi. I am interested in law and Rovaniemi would be the best city to combine |
| | law studies and sports. |
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| 2. | You were not very enthusiastic of the army hairstyle... Can your fans expect |
| | longer hair again? |
| | Of course. ;) |
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| 3. | Do you have a characteric which disturbs you? |
| | Everyone has. |
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| 4. | Have you ever had pets? If not, what would be the right one for you? |
| | I haven´t ever had pets and I don´t think that I will get any because I´m quite |
| | allergic to hairy animals. |
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| 5. | Many Finns are fans of motor sport. Do you like motor sport, too? |
| | Yes, I like to watch motor sports but fan would be a wrong word to describe me. |
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| 6. | Do you have a dream car? If yes, which car is it? |
| | If I had a lot of money I would probably buy Audi A6 Avant with powerful engine. |
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| 7. | If you had the opportunity to meet a famous person which person would it be? |
| | I don´t know... hmmm. |
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| 8. | Would you do a bungee jump? |
| | I have actually promised to a friend of mine to jump when we have a chance to do it. |
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| 9. | If you had to leave Finland some day in which country could you imagine to live? |
| | Definitely Sweden or Norway. |
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| 10. | As a ski jumper you have already visited many countries? Which one would you |
| | like to visit privately? |
| | Australia would be a nice holiday resort. |
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| 11. | Maybe you know the magazine "SkiSpringer". Would you give your ok for a home |
| | story about you if they asked? |
| | Maybe not, it depends. Anyway I think it´s good to separate private life from the |
| | world of sports. |
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| 12. | No Summer Grand Prix takes place in Finland this year. Do you think it is a pity? |
| | No, I do not think that it would affect somehow the results of Finnish team. Of |
| | course it is nice to compete in home country, but after all it makes just a small |
| | difference. We have to travel a bit more. |
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| 13. | Many people are not interested in ski jumping in Finland in summer. What are |
| | the reasons? |
| | Summer is the best season of the year to train harder and concentrate in more |
| | in more important events. I think it is also a bit stressful to keep yourself in top form |
| | for the whole year. |
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| 14. | How do your next weeks look like? When will you train? Are you taking part in |
| | competitions? |
| | Next two weeks: Mon- Thu training in Kuopio, Fri- Sat competitions in Lahti, |
| | Tue competition in Kuopio, Wed- Sat competition and junior ski camp in Vuokatti. |
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| 15. | Maybe you have tested other ski sorts. Was there a thought to change? |
| | I am happy to work with Elan, so I don´t find a reason to try skis from other |
| | companies. |
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| 16. | Your aims for summer and for season 2005/2006? |
| | I would like to get back after two bad seasons to the level where I was |
| | 2002- 2003. |
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| 17. | Finland gained two medals at the Junior World Championships. Are the |
| | guys, esp. Joonas Ikonen, now strong competitors for you (expect Anssi |
| | Koivuranta)? |
| | Joonas is a good friend of mine and team mate in Finnish b-team. |
| | His summer season has gone quite well and I believe that he will gain |
| | success also during forthcoming seasons. |
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| 18. | The world record is 239.5 m now. Have you expected such distances? |
| | It seems that it´s a trend in this sport to jump every year longer jumps than |
| | before. So it was not a big surprise. |
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| 19. | Maybe Norwegians plan a bigger hill than Planica... Is this still |
| | responsible? |
| | It sounds nice. It is just another question if it is still responsible. Also smaller |
| | hills make a difference between jumpers and offer good competitions... and |
| | the budget is just a small part from the budget of those giant flying hills. |
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| 20. | There are also considerations to build ski jumps into halls. What do you |
| | about that? |
| | It is possible, but I think ski jumping is an open air sport. :) |
