Tag: airi mikkela
Dit is een overzicht van de meest recente artikelen met de tag 'airi mikkela'.
The next 29 hours... with Airi Mikkela
Hello! Me and my heavy bag just made it succesfully to the train station and jumped on a train. The final destination of this…
29 augustus 2016
Airi Mikkela: over-excitement is hard for the body and mind
The third and last installment of Finland's Airi Mikkela's Olympic qualification year look-back.
20 juni 2016
Airi Mikkela: What it is like to try and qualify for the Olympic Games in Rio
Finnish badminton player Airi Mikkela is laying out a summary of her Olympic qualification year. She shared the second part of…
13 juni 2016
Airi Mikkela: Escaping the Rio-hype
This blog is a story. I want it to be an honest story about the life as a top athlete. It would be great to mention only the good…
29 mei 2016
Airi Mikkela: two weeks since my Rio-dream came crashing down
Two short but long weeks, that I've spent without writing anything here on my blog. There has been days that I've really wanted…
16 mei 2016
Olympic qualification is nigh for Finland's Nanna Vainio
The Olympic Qualification is now finished for me. After close to 30 (!!!) tournaments, I will finish the qualification race as…
30 april 2016
Finnish Airi Mikkela: eat, sleep, train, repeat!
I remember joking about how crazy and funny it would be if the last tournament decided whether me or Nanna is going to Rio. Well,…
19 april 2016
Airi Mikkela: My week in numbers
23 - I had my birthday this week, I baked a pink cake and I got roses and hugs!
10 april 2016
Kijk op de week: vreemdgaan rondom de Olympische Spelen
Badminton Academie Den Haag sluit de deuren en daarmee is de meest succesvolle academie en hét voorbeeld voor Badminton…
9 april 2016
Finland's Airi Mikkela: Waking up in the middle of the night, thinking I've suddenly lost all my ranking points
It's Saturday morning, I slept very well last night, I have a day off today and I've had a great week of practice - I just feel…
2 april 2016
Hello and good morning from Sao Paulo!
So I ended up winning the whole tournament in Peru after beating Nanna in the final in straight too sets. I am very happy and…
9 maart 2016
Finland's Airi Mikkela: Hello from Peru!
Everything has been good here so far - the hall is nice, food is good, and our hotel is okay. That's pretty much everything I've…
5 maart 2016
Finland's Airi Mikkela on world trip to Peru, Brazil, Switzerland and New Zealand
This whole Olympic qualification period has already been a huge adventure for me. But I feel like the biggest adventure so far is…
28 februari 2016
Finnish silver in Iceland for Airi Mikkela
This time I'm only gonna write a short version in English because it's my well deserved day off and because I'm a little bit…
2 februari 2016
Airi Mikkela: Finland's Ice Ice Baby headed for Reykjavik
Last time I posted at the airport while waiting for my flight to Sweden, this time I'm writing on my way to Iceland. I'm becoming…
28 januari 2016
Airi Mikkela: Finland's spider?
I'm on the road again and so it's a very good time for writing. This time I'm on my way to Sweden for Swedish Masters which is a…
21 januari 2016
Finnish girls Airi versus Nanna: Fighting for the Road to Rio!?
Hey! This time I'm writing about something I haven't really mentioned on my blog before. I've told a million times about how I…
10 januari 2016
Do you get rich from playing badminton? Airi Mikkela answers!
I enjoy talking to new people. It's always interesting to hear what other people are doing in their lives and what kind of things…
1 januari 2016
Finland's Airi Mikkela: Kendall Jenner hair, Turkish tournament and Christmas!
It's Christmas tomorrow and Christmas is the season for stories. So I decided to write a little story. This story is almost true…
23 december 2015
Finland's Airi Mikkelä: Would you sponsor a Rio 2016 dream?
Why is your ambition so important in your life? The answer is pretty simple, it is something you need in your life.
1 december 2015