The Olympic Committee and the Federation are applying for a giant support for Heili Sirviö

13-year-old skateboarder Heili Sirviö Last summer, he finished fifth at the Paris Olympic Games in the Park Final. He also wants to make him a medal hope for the Los Angeles 2028 Summer Games.

This can be deduced from the application of the Sports Association and the statement of the Finnish Olympic Committee to the Summer Specifications. The STT received applications and statements from the Ministry of Education and Culture through a request for information.

Species efficiency support The ministry is decided by the Ministry. The grant is aimed at supporting and streamlining top athletic coaching and national team activities aimed at international success.

The Ministry has applied for a total grant of EUR 60,000 from the Ministry this year. The union presents seven athletes as an athlete supported by enhancement support. In addition to Heili Sirviö, there is his little sister Foot.

In the Olympic Committee’s statement, only EUR 40,000 is proposed for athletes and the total amount of the sport.

Coach Fredrik Sirviön and national team coach Jussi Korhonen The names are on the list in both documents.

Heili Sirviö In the summer, success raised a good conversation from the teenage star’s non -existent support on the way to Paris.

The Olympic Committee and the Ministry’s representatives reminded the media that athletes tax-free coaching and training grant Granted to a person under the age of 16, but Sirviö from Finnish-Australia has been able to enjoy state support, for example, through coaching.

Senior Inspector of the Ministry of Education and Culture Kari Niemi-Nikkola tells STT that in the future aid decision, Heili Sirviö will not be granted as a euro.

Presentation of the enhancement support received by sports federations is progressing at Sports and Youth Minister Sandra Bergqvistin (r.) to decide on Friday.

The schedule is told by Niemi-Nikkola to STT, but he does not want to comment on the sum or reasoning prematurely.

“The minister may leave the presentation on the table or the minister may change the proposal as they wish,” Niemi-Nikkola explains.

Olympic Committee Most of the matter was shrinking from the decision -maker to give expert opinions last November. In the past, the ministry had transferred the money to the Olympic Committee’s Top Sports Unit, which decided which species to support the pot and how much.

At the end of November, the Chancellor of Justice outlined in his statement that the previous procedure would be in conflict with Article 124 of the Constitution, thus passing power to the ministry. In Finland, a significant task with the exercise of public authority may not, by law, be given to a non -authority.

The STT received a statement of the Chancellor of Justice with a request for information. It shows that the ministry had been proactive in the conversion of power relations. On November 12, Niemi-Nikkola had made a request for a statement to the Chancellor of Justice as part of the preparation of this year’s grant process.

Ministerial Senior Inspector Kari Niemi-Nikkola emphasizes that the athlete’s age-related policy only applies to athlete grant.

“No other direct support from us is really going to athletes.”

That is, the Ministry’s upcoming efficiency support decision does not specifically name athletes, even though names are mentioned in applications and in the Olympic Committee’s statement?

“The applicant can apply for anything. Our decisions do not go with athletes or coaches. We do not have such targeting. These are subsidies for enhancing the coaching of the federations, ”says Niemi-Nikkola.

“There are some agreed targets in the decisions. The decision may include targeting for coach support, para -sports support or athlete’s health insurance. This type of targeting will come. ”

Applications According to the overtime, names and other details will affect the time when the sports federations once reported how the aid clubs have been used.

“Then we can check if the money has gone to the activities and for the athletes for whom money has been applied for.”