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Milla Saari

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Helena Takalo
Country Finland
Full nameMilla Marika Saari
Born28 October 1975 (1975-10-28) (age 48)
Nivala, Finland
Ski clubNakkilan Vire
World Cup career
Seasons12 – (19942001, 20042007)
Starts51
Podiums0
Overall titles0 – (26th in 1999)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing  Finland
World Championships
Disqualified 2001 Lahti 4 × 5 km relay
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1994 Breitenwang 5 km classical
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Gällivare 4 × 5 km relay

Milla Saari (née Jauho; born 10 July 1975) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed from 1994 to 2007. She was best known for her doping role in the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships doping scandal that would affect five other Finnish skiers for taking hydroxyethyl starch (HES), a blood plasma expander. Saari, then Jauho, was part of the 4 × 5 km relay team that finished second, but would be disqualified for her blood doping and would receive a two-year suspension from the FIS as a result. She also finished sixth in the 15 km event at those same championships.

Saari competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano where she finished 31st in the 15 km event and 50th in the 30 km event. She earned all four of her individual career victories up to 10 km after she served her two-year doping suspension from 2003 to 2005.

Saari retired after the 2006–07 World Cup season.[1]

Cross-country skiing results

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All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]

Olympic Games

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 Year   Age   5 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
1998 22 31 50 7

World Championships

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 Year   Age   5 km   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
1999 23 20 21 26 11
2001 25 9 6 9 CNX[a] DSQ
2007 31 33
a. 1 Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup

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Season standings

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 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Long Distance Middle Distance Sprint Tour de
Ski
1994 18 NC
1995 19 NC
1996 20 59
1997 21 70 44
1998 22 49 NC 39
1999 23 26 32 37
2000 24 44 31 33
2001 25 27 NC
2004 28 NC NC NC
2005 29 NC NC
2006 30 NC NC
2007 30 76 53 85

Team podiums

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  • 1 victory – (1 RL)
  • 2 podiums – (2 RL)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
1 2000–01 26 November 2000 Norway Beitostølen, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Manninen / Kuitunen / Varis
2 9 December 2000 Italy Santa Caterina, Italy 4 × 3 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Manninen / Salonen / Kuitunen

See also

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References

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  1. ^ FIS Newsflash 122. April 11, 2007.
  2. ^ "SAARI Milla". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
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