In the spring, hockey players Oliwer Kaski and Joonas Korpisalo will also start at the Finnish Defense Forces Sports School.
NBA club Star player for Cleveland Cavalliers Lauri Markkanen will enter the conscript service next spring.
The Defense Forces Sports School announced athletes selected for next spring’s arrival round on Wednesday.
A total of 98 athletes from 20 different sports are due to start their service.
82 athletes from 15 sports were selected for the Guard’s Jaeger Regiment in Santahamina, Helsinki. 16 athletes from five different sports were selected for the Kainuu Brigade in Kajaani, which is responsible for snow sports.
In addition to Markkanen, among other basketball players, national team players will start their military service. Edon Maxhuni, Hannes Pöllä and Shawn Hopkins.
Among the hockey players, for example, Avangaard Onski’s defender enters the service Oliwer Kaski and Columbus Bluejackets goalkeeper Joonas Korpisalo.
Of the other sports, a figure skater, for example, starts as a conscript Matthias Versluis.
Markkanen is probably the best-paid conscript in the history of the Defense Forces, for his four years the value of his contract with Cleveland is a total of about $ 57 million.
Joonas Korpisalon the salary at Columbus is 3.4 million euros for the period.
.
#Defense #Forces #Lauri #Markkanen #expensive #conscript #time #elected #Sports #School
