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| 1. | Please tell us something to the following words or expressions: |
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| 1.1 | Scandinavia: |
| | Northern part of Europe, Finland belongs to it |
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| 1.2 | Finland: |
| | My home country, very beautiful nature |
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| 1.3 | Kuopio: |
| | My home city, a great place to live |
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| 1.4 | Lahti: |
| | My main training place this season, a good city with quite good jumping hills |
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| 1.5 | Sports army: |
| | in Lahti gives athletes more time to train and compete |
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| 1.6 | Army: |
| | Compulsory military service for men |
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| 1.7 | Alternative service: |
| | Not for me, thanks. |
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| 1.8 | Elan: |
| | Reliable sports company that offers me to use their skies |
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| 1.9 | Sponsor: |
| | At the moment none, hopefully soon, very important |
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| 1.10 | Ski jumps: |
| | My working places, I like different jumping hills, it´s pity that FIS is |
| | changing hills to the same profile |
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| 1.11 | Skies: |
| | Without them it´s hard to jump, the most important equipment |
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| 1.12 | Ski jumping suit: |
| | Good suit is great a part of success, always looking for the "winning suit" |
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| 1.13 | Body mass index (=BMI): |
| | No problem for me, good for health |
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| 1.14 | New rules (summer 2004): |
| | No complaining, I accept |
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| 1.15 | Four Hills Tournament: |
| | I have been there twice, a hard trip if you aren`t in a good condition |
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| 1.16 | Nordic Tournament: |
| | Important at least for Scandinavian jumpers, a part of World Cup |
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| 1.17 | Val di Fiemme: |
| | Great memories, a nice place with good jumping hills |
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| 1.18 | Schonach: |
| | A small town with quite difficult K 90 |
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| 1.19 | Matti Nykänen: |
| | The best ski jumper in the world of all time, no comment about his civil life |
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| 1.20 | Tommi Nikunen: |
| | The head coach of Finnish team, a good trainer |
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| 1.21 | Arri-Pekka Nikkola: |
| | My personal trainer and also the headman of Finnish b-team, a good trainer |
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| 1.22 | Janne Ahonen: |
| | Professional ski jumper with skills and attitude |
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| 1.23 | Your team mates: |
| | Like friends, I enjoy their company and like to spend time with them |
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| 1.24 | Sweets: |
| | My weakness, I should eat less candies |
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| 1.25 | Salad: |
| | I like salad, but as a main food it doesn´t give enough energy |
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| 1.26 | Alcohol: |
| | I am not an absolutist, so one beer is sometimes permitted |
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| 1.27 | Cigarette: |
| | I don´t smoke |
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| 1.28 | Mobile phone: |
| | No chance to live without it, I have a nokia´s model |
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| 2. | Sports army and ski jumping |
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| 2.1 | Why and when did you decide to go to sports army? |
| | About one year ago. |
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| 2.2 | Why have you choosen to stay in army for one year? |
| | In sports army we can´t choose between 6, 9 and 12 months. |
| | We all have to stay there for a full year. |
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| 2.3 | How was your first day in Hollola? |
| | Nothing special. |
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| 2.4 | Can you say us something about your first day in army? |
| | We had to be there at 6 o´clock pm, then we ate and went to get |
| | all kind of stuff (clothes, boots etc.). The silence begun at ten. |
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| 2.5 | You have been in army since the end of May. Would you mind |
| | telling us something about this time? |
| | I don´t think that it is too hard or too stressful. We have had quite good |
| | opportunities to train. |
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| 2.6 | Could you describe one day in your army time of your choice? |
| | No, it`s so difficult to tell. You have to experience it. |
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| 2.7 | If you could decide today again would you have gone to sports army again? |
| | I think so. |
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| 2.8 | How often are you allowed to jump? |
| | 2- 5 times a week... but there are also weeks when we can´t jump at all. |
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| 2.9 | Is the training much different compared to Kuopio? |
| | Yes, army sets some limits to our training times. In Lahti jumpers don´t |
| | train together in a big group like in Kuopio. Here they train in smaller "one |
| | coach groups". |
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| 2.10 | Who is looking and analysing your jumps in Lahti? |
| | Jouko Karjalainen and Ari Saukko |
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| 2.11 | Which ski jump do you prefer Kuopio´s or Lahti´s? |
| | Kuopio´s. |
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| 3. | Ski flying |
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| 3.1 | On which day and where did you improve your personal best to 200 m? |
| | Last winter (2004) in Vikersund, it was the trial round of Sunday´s |
| | competition |
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| 3.2 | Was it a special feeling to get that width? |
| | Not really, it should have went further. :) |
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| 4. | What do you prefer to cook and why? |
| | Something quick and easy. Pasta is my favourite. |
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| 5. | Ski jumping |
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| 5.1 | Could you say something to your summer season? |
| | Not good... now in the end of summer my condition has improved all the |
| | time. |
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| 5.2 | What are your targets for the winter? |
| | I try to be better than last winter. |
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| 5.3 | Do you want to tell your fans something? |
| | I´ll be back! |
