Nationally important sports for Finland

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Javelin throwing Finland has a long tradition in javelin throwing. Throughout history, we have been able to enjoy several great moments in javelin throwing. &nbsp; Javelin throwing is a sport where you take a spear and throw it to the field and who ever throws the spear longest is the winner. Finland's greatest achievements are eight Olympic gold, fife world championships, eight Olympic silvers an four world championship silvers. In javelin we have a couple of good javelers in Finland like Tero Pitkämäki and Seppo Räty.

Motorsport (rally) Rally is the most popular motorsport in Finland. Rallying started in Finland probably because the youth had been bored and in the absence of anything else to do, they have started racing cars on forest roads. In the early 1960s, there was a strong public interest in rallying in Finland, especially after the success of Finnish drivers in international rallies. We have many top tier drivers, for example Kalle Rovanperä and Jari-Matti Latvala. Finns have won 14 rally world championships. The main rally competition in Finland is Secto rally, which is hosted at Jyväskylä, but they race at many places in Central Finland. Its partial competition in world rally championship. But there are many amateur rally races hosted around Finland too.

Nationally Important Sports for Finland

Skiing Is one of the most popular sports in Finland too. But you can only do it in winter. But we are right now talking about skiing in nature at ski trail. There are many diffrent sports that remind skiing. You need skis and 2 sticks. There are 2 common styles in how people ski (classic skiing, free style). Finland has participated in the world skiing championship since the beginning. Finland has received the second most medals after Norway – a total of 205 medals. The most famous Finnish skiers are Iivo Niskanen, Juha Mieto and Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi.

Ice Hockey Ice hockey is the most popular sport in Finland. We are the best in the world with Canada in ice hockey. Ice hockey is a game where you try to shoot the puck with your stick to the opponent’s goal. The sport is played in a 5v5 format between two teams. Finland has its own league – SM-Liiga, but there is a much bigger league in America – The NHL (National Hockey League). The Finnish national team’s greatest achievements are Olympic gold, four world championships, nine world championship silver and two Olympic silvers. The best Finnish players are:&nbsp; Teemu Selänne, Mikko Rantanen, Pekka Rinne and Aleksander Barkov.

Finnish baseball Finnish baseball is a sport played by 2 teams of nine players. The sport is quite similar to regular baseball but there are differences in the rules. The sport actually originated from the American baseball in 1910. There are two main leagues in Finnish baseball, one for men and one for women. The sport is also played a bit in some other countries like Sweden and Australia. Finnish baseball world cup has been hosted 9 times before, and Finland has won every single time. Some popular Finnish baseball players are Jukka-Pekka Vainionpää, Tuomas Jussila and Niko Korhonen.

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