This is probably not any news or surprise to anyone, but now Janne Ahonen has confirmed he will continue ski jumping at least a year more.
I have to say, that I would have been totally surprised if he hadn't. He already changed his plan from "just the highlights" to "whole season" and last weeks he has certainly showed every sign of planning to continue.
Let's hope next year is easier to team dynamic when Rane will be totally along from the start. This seasons "just highlights", training outside the team and being kind of a free agent didn't work for team as a whole. I hope Ahonen plans to be more normal and permanent team member next year.
Juhuu! arty: Thank you for this information, Marre!
I'm happy to hear that. I would have been surprised if all the efforts would have been for only one comeback year, although there are World Championships next year. But I'm pretty sure that he would have retired if he won Gold at Olympia.
I also hope that the team spirit will be much better next winter. Even Janne Ahonen should understand that he's part of a team and no loner!