Matti Nykänen’s achievements are engraved on the skis of the piece. One of the achievements is marked as \”Olympic Silver Suurmäki Sarajevo 1984\ although Nykänen was an Olympic champion on the Sarajevo Suurmäki. vaikka Nykänen oli Sarajevon suurmäessä olympiavoittaja.
Höyhen, a monument to the late ski jumping legend Matti Nykänen, was unveiled on Wednesday at the Hippos sports park in Jyväskylä.
Nykänen’s achievements are engraved on the skis of the piece. One achievement is listed as \”Olympic Silver Suurmäki Sarajevo 1984\ but Nykänen was an Olympic champion on the Sarajevo Suurmäki. mutta Nykänen oli Sarajevon suurmäessä olympiavoittaja.
– There is a human spelling error. Of course, it will be fixed as soon as possible. I’m sorry for such a mistake, Kaikkonen told STT.
– Yes, it is my human error, he continued.
According to Kaikkonen, there are already ideas for correcting the error.
– It will be good. It will be better than before, Kaikkonen said.
The memorial includes a stepped pedestal, a commemorative plaque and a sculpture resembling a feather on top of the pedestal.
The shape of the feather is made up of several adjacent ski-like parts.
A plaque with the face of young Matti Nykänen is attached to the base of the monument. The price of the work is 140,000 euros. The Ministry of Education and Culture has assisted the project with 50,000 euros.
Matti Nykänen, who won four Olympic gold medals in his career, died at the age of 55 in February 2019.
Seiska was the first to tell about the mistake in the monument.