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From 16th to 18th of December, in Tampere, will be hold Finnish Championships: the ice rink chosen for this competition will be the Tampere Ice Hall, also called “Hakametsä”, which is the usual training rink of Kiira.
Of course, without the presence of Laura, won’t be a problem for Kiira being Finland’s Champion for the third time in career: besides, never so close to home… According to Helsingin Sanomat, Kiira will skip Finlandia Trophy because of injury. She hurt her metatarsus during a training camp in Canada last summer. Latest news is that Kiira will start her season in NHK Trophy on 11-13 November 2011. Minna Parviainen will substitute Kiira in Finlandia Trophy.
Kiira is frequently appearing on promotional videos for “Nordic Special” TV programs by NHK, Japanese public broadcasting organization – as you know, one of organizers of NHK Trophy (the other organizer is Japan Skating Federation). In the videos, Kiira says “shi-a-wa-se” which means “Happiness” in Japanese.
“Nordic Special – from countries of happiness -” programs will be started from Sat, 23 to Sun, 31 July and they will introduce the charms of 5 Nordic countries with 70 programs for 80 hours.
Yesterday, I found a really huge poster of Kiira at Shinjuku station in Tokyo! Wow!  Kiira on a huge poster at Shinjuku station, Tokyo, Japan. On 13th of April 2011 Kiira performed two gala shows in a fund raising event held for girls living in developing countries.
Kiira just finished first also in the Free Skating with a record score of 110.94 points. This gave her the total score of 172.43. Of course these points are not comparable to ISU event scores.  Award ceremony. © Tomas Whitehouse. Congratulations for the victory!
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| FPl. | Name | Nation | Points | SP | FS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiira KORPI | TAPTL | 172.43 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Beata PAPP | HERME | 125.36 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Cecilia TÖRN | TTK | 123.61 | 6 | 2 |
| 4 | Alisa MIKONSAARI | LL | 119.91 | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | Minna PARVIAINEN | ETK | 116.97 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Reetta ROMPPANEN | LTL | 115.78 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | Henriikka HIETANIEMI | HL | 108.20 | 8 | 6 |
| 8 | Riina VARJOKARI | HL | 100.74 | 7 | 9 |
| 9 | Helena STENBACKA | ETK | 98.71 | 9 | 8 |
| 10 | Janna-Juulia VUORELA | HTL | 84.35 | 10 | 10 |
Kiira is first after the Short Program with a score of 61.49.
| FPl. | Name | Nation | Points | SP | FS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiira KORPI | TAPTL | 61.49 | 1 | |
| 2 | Beata PAPP | HERME | 45.27 | 2 | |
| 3 | Minna PARVIAINEN | ETK | 44.61 | 3 | |
| 4 | Reetta ROMPPANEN | LTL | 44.02 | 4 | |
| 5 | Alisa MIKONSAARI | LL | 43.03 | 5 | |
| 6 | Cecilia TÖRN | TTK | 41.72 | 6 | |
| 7 | Riina VARJOKARI | HL | 38.09 | 7 | |
| 8 | Henriikka HIETANIEMI | HL | 36.24 | 8 | |
| 9 | Helena STENBACKA | ETK | 31.10 | 9 | |
| 10 | Janna-Juulia VUORELA | HTL | 30.26 | 10 | |
| WD | Petra ARPONEN | TTK |
This weekend (17-19th December) will be held Finnish Championships in Turku.
Finnish National Championships 2011 poster
Last news, they say Laura Lepisto won’t going to take part in this competition, because of her persistent problems to achilles: she will try to recover in time for Euros. Without Laura, I think should be impossible to save three spots for Finland. But this could be a great chance for many young skaters, especially for Beata Papp.
Go for gold, Kiira!
World class choreographer David Wilson is responsible of creating Kiira’s new Evita -long program.
YLE Sport News made a story of Wilson and Korpi working together.
Yle sport news presented today an interview about Kiira and her coach Maaret Siromaa who talked about the begining of season 2010-2011.
Media:
Kiira was awarded the student athlete of the year 2009 award last February, as we reported earlier. But since she couldn’t attend the award ceremony earlier, the award was given separately on Wednesday the 12th of May 2010.
In the ceremony at the University of Tampere there were representatives from the Finnish Student Sports Federation and University of Tampere. After the trophy ceremony Kiira told about how helpful they have been while combining sports and studying.
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