Suvi Minkkinen in the pursuit; Finnish men aim for relay medal — Sunday’s Finns and schedule

Sunday at Milano‑Cortina continues the medal hunt across ski jumping, biathlon, cross‑country, freestyle and snowboard. Freeski big air qualifying and snowboard slopestyle qualifying also take place.

Suvi Minkkinen goes into the biathlon pursuit starting from sixth position and is well placed to fight for a medal.

Finland’s women celebrated an Olympic bronze on Saturday; on Sunday it’s the men’s turn. The Finnish men’s relay team — Lauri Vuorinen, Iivo Niskanen, Arsi Ruuskanen and Niko Anttola — will try to reach the podium. The last time Finnish men medalled in the Olympic relay was at Nagano 1998 (bronze).

Snowboard slopestyle qualifying (men) features Rene Rinnekangas; the women’s slopestyle qualifying with Eveliina Taka is scheduled later — those qualifiers were moved from Monday to Sunday.

In freeski moguls Finland’s entries are Akseli Ahvenainen, Rasmus Karjalainen, Olli Penttala and Severi Vierelä. Ahvenainen and Penttala reached the moguls final; Karjalainen and Vierelä were eliminated in qualifying.

In biathlon both men and women have pursuit races. Among the Finnish men in the pursuit are Olli Hiidensalo, Tero Seppälä, Tuomas Harjula and Otto Invenius. Among the women only Suvi Minkkinen qualified for the pursuit and is in a strong position for the medals.

In ski jumping Finland will for the first time in its Olympic history field four women in the large hill: Heta Hirvonen, Minja Korhonen, Sofia Mattila and Jenny Rautionaho will jump on Predazzo’s HS141. In freeski big air qualifying Finns Kuura Koivisto, Elias Lajunen and Elias Syrjä will try to reach the final.

Finnish entries and schedule (local times):

• 11:10 — Men’s snowboard slopestyle qualifying: Rene Rinnekangas
• 11:30 — Men’s freeski, parallel moguls: Akseli Ahvenainen, Rasmus Karjalainen, Olli Penttala, Severi Vierelä
• 12:15 — Men’s biathlon pursuit: Olli Hiidensalo, Tero Seppälä, Tuomas Harjula, Otto Invenius
• 13:00 — Men’s cross‑country relay 4 × 7.5 km: Lauri Vuorinen, Iivo Niskanen, Arsi Ruuskanen, Niko Anttola
• 15:10 — Women’s snowboard slopestyle qualifying: Eveliina Taka
• 15:45 — Women’s biathlon pursuit: Suvi Minkkinen
• 19:45 — Women’s ski jumping, large hill: Heta Hirvonen, Minja Korhonen, Sofia Mattila, Jenny Rautionaho
• 20:30 — Men’s freeski big air qualifying: Kuura Koivisto, Elias Lajunen, Elias Syrjä

TV and streaming info (selected):

• TV1: 12:00 — Men’s biathlon pursuit
• TV2: 10:05 curling; 11:00 women’s alpine (giant slalom); 11:30 men’s freeski parallel moguls; 13:00 men’s 4 × 7.5 km relay; 15:45 women’s biathlon pursuit; 16:35 men’s snowboard slopestyle qualifying; 19:45 women’s ski jumping large hill; evening hockey and freestyle big air
• Yle Areena: multiple live streams including snowboard, hockey, skeleton, speed skating team pursuit and figure skating segments

Radio: Yle Radio’s Olympic radio coverage 12:00–17:00 and 20:00–00:40.

(Results, full schedules and live coverage are available on Yle’s Olympics site.)