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Photo and questionnaire: (c) Sabine@arttulappi.de |
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| 1. | Welcome to Black Forest, Arttu! How are you? |
| | I´m ok, thanks. |
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| 2. | Do you like the ski jump in Titisee-Neustadt? |
| | Yes, the hill in Titisee-Neustadt has always been quite good for me. |
| | Especially I like the inrun and table... Flying isn´t so fun here than in |
| | some other hills but anyway it´s better than for example Innsbruck. |
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3. | Did you change your technique before the winter season? Why have |
| | your jumps been better than last season? |
| | In summer time I was training a bit harder than before. We decided with |
| | my new coach Jarkko Saapunki that we wouldn´t concentrate on |
| | summer competitons. We also tried to make small improvements to my |
| | technique and those changes were successful. |
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| 4. | You won your first World Cup event in Kuusamo in November? How did |
| | feel when the prize giving ceremony took place? Was it a great feeling? |
| | Of course it was a great feeling. I knew that I had the chance to beat |
| | everybody there but for most spectators it was a nice surprise. I would |
| | have liked to jump also the 2nd round and definitely the next competition |
| | on Sunday. |
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| 5. | Where you disappointed after the Four Hills Tournament because you had the |
| | chance to be better than 6th position in Four Hills over all ranking 2006-2007? |
| | I´m satisfied with that result even though the last competition was a small |
| | disappointment. After all everything went well and I´m happy. |
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| 6. | What do you think about your German? Have many people said that you speak |
| | German well? |
| | Yeah, quite a lot of people have said that my German is ok but I´m afraid of using it. |
| | Now I have almost had a three years break in German studies and I have forgotten |
| | too many words. |
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| 7. | Do you like to give an interview in German? |
| | Not really. My English is better and when I answer in English I don´t have to think |
| | beforehand what I´m going to say. It´s not the same in German. |
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| 8. | Could you tell us a bit about your never-ending trip to Zakopane? |
| | In Middle Europe there was very windy weather and the planes weren´t able to fly. |
| | So we had to stay in Munich Airport overnight... sleeping on benches! That wasn´t |
| | great... but it wasn´t at all. Flying company also lost my jumping equipment and I |
| | got this finally just before my trial jump on Saturday. |
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| 9. | The weather conditions were not easy in Zakopane and it also happend the fall |
| | of Jan Mazoch. Did these affect your jump? |
| | No, it didn´t affect my jump. I was happy that I didn´t see his fall. So I just tried to |
| | do my best. |
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| 10. | Many people said that jury had interupted the event too late. What do you |
| | think? |
| | No comments. |
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| 11. | There are only few days till the World Championships in Japan will be opened. |
| | Do you like Japan and Japanese food? |
| | I have been once in Japan and I liked it. The hills in Sapporo are quite good and |
| | there are a lot of possibilities to eat something else than raw fish. :) |
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| 12. | Which targets do you have for the World Championship? |
| | I try to ensure my place in every competition. With team the medal is of course the |
| | biggest goal. In individual competitions I´ll try to improve my 6th and 12th place |
| | from Predazzo 2003 (Val di Fiemme). |
