“The feel was excellent before the race” – The performance level of the stellar race remained low

The Orimattila Star Race did not offer the audience major Cheers on Wednesday.

In the two sports athletics evenings, the warm weather was praised by the athletes, but not so much by the spinning wind.

Partly because of this, in both the women’s three-jump and the men’s spear, the result level remained rather modest.

Representing Orymattila Jymy, who jumped in front of his home audience Kristiina Mäkelä won the competition with a result of 14.12. He missed the best of the season by two cents.

– The goal was to jump the best of the season. The feeling was excellent before the race, but the conditions were difficult, Mäkelä said.

The three-jumper referred to the spinning wind that haunted competitors throughout the race. Mäkelä’s winning result was a headwind of 3.1 meters per second.

– In Orimattila, the wind has haunted me before. The wind turned sadly just before the race, Mäkelä said.

Second in the competition was the Dominican Republic Thea LaFond.

At the beginning of June, LaFond, which won the Diamond League competition, was nine cents behind Mäkelä with a result of 14.03.

Mäkelä made his coach together Tuomas Sallinen with quick conclusions about the circumstances. The duo decided to turn the race into a good six-jump practice.

Mäkelä was pleased with the victory jump, even though the cents didn’t end up dizzy.

– It’s really a really hard thing to jump 14.12 in a three-meter headwind. It tells you that features can be found. The end is up to timing, Mäkelä said.

Mäkelä is strongly going to the Eugene World Championships through the rankings.

– If ten women go past me in the rankings in the last meters, then you can say nothing but wow.

At the men’s spear spot, expectations were also high. However, the race went into an almost perfect pancake. The victory was taken by the Japanese Genki Dean with a score of 79.71.

Lassi Etelätalo bent second by ten cents. Pained with his throw Toni Kuusela (76.50) was left third.

The hottest spear name of the season Anderson Peters threw one throw that carried a meager 71.94 yards. Peters told Sport he suffered from back pain.

– I’m not very worried, I still have time to heal. You have to give your back a rest and show it to the doctors who do their best to make it healthy for the World Cup, Peters said.

The South House expected much better from the race.

– Running was awkward, probably due to age, the 34-year-old Etelätalo laughed.

– My legs weren’t fast enough. As soon as I tried to run faster, the limbs went into a knot, a pretty confident World Cup shooter said.

At Kuusela, time starts to run low if he likes a race machine. In Oulu, the stick must fly over the World Championship limit, which is 85 meters.

– Now it’s only ten meters behind. Miracles can happen in three days. Everything is wrong with the throw.