The Finnish Olympic Committee announced on Wednesday that racing sailor
Janne Järvinen, who has been sentenced to prison, will not represent Finland at this summer s Tokyo Olympics. However, it did not directly cite his conviction as the reason for dropping him for the team.
In late March, Järvinen and his sailing partner
Sinem Kurtbay secured a berth for Finland in the Nacra 17 class for the Tokyo Games.
The committee has instead decided that Kurtbay will compete at the Games with a former sailing partner,
Akseli Keskinen. They competed together at last year s World Championships, placing ninth.
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Helsinki District Court handed down verdicts in an exceptionally vast drug case on Thursday.
The court sentenced the main perpetrators of the so-called Katiska drug ring,
Niko Ranta-aho and
Janne Tranberg, to more than 10 years in prison for aggravated drug offenses and other charges.
The case was one of biggest drug investigations in Finnish history, involving the Cannonball and Hells Angels motorcycle gangs and an array of celebrities.
Tranberg was sentenced to 12 years and 11 months in prison, while Ranta-aho was handed an 11-year term. Seven other men were sentenced to 8-10 years in prison.
The prosecutor had demanded 13-year sentences for the two main defendants, the longest possible imprisonment for felony drug offences in Finland.