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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! |