Skating | IL: Olympic sensation Heili Sirviö, 13, will continue to represent Finland

Finland Represented in skating at the Paris Olympics Heili Sirviö13, will continue to represent Finland. Sirviö’s father Fredu Sirviö confirm the matter For Iltalehti.

“Heili is Finnish at heart. We really represent that country. Representing Finland is a matter of honor,” the father says to Iltalehte.

The Sirviös live in Australia and Heli Sirviö also has Australian citizenship. During the Olympics, Fredu Sirviö pointed out that Heili Sirviö might represent Australia in the future. This was mainly due to the fact that the Finnish Olympic Committee has not given support money to Sirviö. According to the Olympic Committee’s guidelines, the minimum age limit for enhancement support is 16 years.

Father-Sirviö commented on his daughter’s possible change of national team for IS at the Paris Olympics. Already at that time, based on Sirviö’s speeches, it seemed that changing the national team would be unlikely.

“We are so Finnish. We are very proud to represent Finland. It is our birthplace, our homeland.”

Do you now declare for sure that Heili will continue to represent Finland?

“Let’s talk to the Olympic Committee one more time,” Fredu Sirviö said in August.

The Finnish Olympic Committee promised during the Paris Games that “the support issue can be reconsidered after consideration”. According to Fredrik “Fredu” Sirviö, the Olympic Committee has not contacted them since the Games. It pisses off dad.

“No one has contacted us or asked how Heil is doing or what he needs. There were no surveys even after the Olympics. It’s a bad thing,” he told Iltalehte.

It is not known whether Sirviöt himself has been in contact with the Olympic Committee.

Yet during the Olympic Games, served as the director of the elite sports unit of the Finnish Olympic Committee Matti Heikkinen justified the decision to exclude Sirviö from the Olympic Committee’s enhancement subsidies by the fact that the previous time the issue was discussed when Heili Sirviö was 11 years old.

“As a father of four children, and for my work, I can say that an 11-year-old child is in need of special protection. This is also a matter related to values ​​when such policies are made,” Heikkinen said.

The reason behind Sirviö’s representation of Finland is at least the fact that they have gotten Finnish companies as sponsors. The IT service company Luoto Company and the loan comparison service Sortter are supporting Heili Sirviö’s competition at the X Games in Japan next week.

At the Paris Olympics, Sirviö finished fifth.