An adult trains in skating for 9 years and no one from the Finnish athletic committee every sees him skate?
Skating is as Finnish as Skiing, Reindeer or Sharpshooting.
And who paid for his trip to the competition, his entry fees, his badge?
like most sports these days, the sport is secondary. the social messages are more important.
Well, the good news is that the Euros are completely woke so everybody got a trophy.