The Finnish broadcasting company is presenting different winter Olympic sports in their television coverage of Vancouver 2010 with the help of Finnish Olympic athletes and a young television host. Figure skating was featured last week, and the athlete presenting it was Kiira. The video has been recorded before Olympics in Hakametsä ice hall in Tampere where Kiira usually practices.
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Here’s a new interview of Kiira in Vancouver, made yesterday (Saturday, February 20th). She seems to be in very good spirits and says that her practice skates have gone well. Not really new info there, but nice to see her feeling so confident and expecting the competition.
Ladies free skating of Euros 2010 was over. Kiira will go to Vancouver with her Finnish team mate Laura Lepistö. Congrats, Kiira and Laura!Video of Free Skate (HD):
Interview with translation after Free Skate (Thanks Roikale95!): Media Coverage[table id=15 /]
Kiira Korpi is in 2nd after SP with her personal best score 64.26 at the European Championships 2010 in Tallin. Media Coverages: 2 comments - (Comments are closed)  cheer/support, event, general, media, photos, programs, results, videos The annual Finnish sports gala was held yesterday at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki. This year Kiira wasn’t nominated for any awards but she did announce one award winner. Laura Lepistö instead was nominated for the most rousing sports event of last year, but she didn’t win – instead the award went to cross country skier Aino-Kaisa Saarinen. Happy holidays to all our readers! Today MTV3 aired a short interview after the sports news about Kiira’s christmas plans. Kiira is appearing in a video to support swine flu vaccinations made for the Finnish national institute for health and welfare.
The Finnish Nationals are being held next weekend in Jyväskylä. There is no strict requirements for points, since the two places for the Olympics are given based on success in the Europeans next January in Tallinn, Estonia. Kiira attended Valio‘s press conference in Valio Ice Cream Bar in Kamppi shopping center in Helsinki. Here is a short interview from Nelonen sport news which was aired 10th of December 2009. Remember to turn on English subtitles.
Congrats, Kiira!News Coverage:
(to be continued…) Final Results:[table id=7 /] |
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