The World Athletics Championships start Finnish time on Friday evening in Oregon, USA. 13 Finns will compete on the first day of the Games.
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The World Athletics Championships begin on Friday in Oregon, USA. There is plenty to watch on the first day, when no less than 13 Finns compete for Finnish time on Friday evening or the night before Saturday. The time difference between Finland and the competition city of Eugene is ten hours.
The first job he starts is a handyman Tuomas Seppänenwho throws the qualifier in group A at 19:05. Aaron Kangas throws in the B group, which starts at 8:30 p.m. The score limit for the moukari final is 77.50.
The Moukarina women’s qualifying will be exciting later on Friday evening. Krista Tervo throws at 22:05 in the A group. Silja Kosonen and Suvi Koskinen are in the B group, which gets going at 11:30 p.m. The final limit is a tough 73.50.
On the very opening day, the walkers are also in action, as men and women struggle over 20 kilometer distances. Enni Nurmi starts the women’s walk at 23:10 and Aleksi Ojala for the men’s battle in the early hours of Saturday at 1.10 am.
The 50th walk has gone down in history, and Ojala’s main trip is a 35-kilometer walk. Ojala wants 20 kilometers of hard training towards the 35 kilometer battle.
Topi Raitanen runs in the last heat
Top Raitanen is aiming for a place in the final in the heats of the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Raitanen gets to travel in the last, i.e. the third, set. The best three and six runners of each heat advance to the final race based on time comparison.
Raitanen’s batch is expected to be even, but the batch is by no means exceptionally hard. The top names in the batch are Ethiopia, who ran 8:06.29 this season Hailemariam Amare8.12.48 steeplechase in India Avinash Sable and US veteran Evan Jager. Raitanen’s best time of the season is 8:19.34.
The pole vault women’s qualifying competition starts at 3:20 a.m. Finland has three representatives: Wilma Murto, Elina Lampela and Saga Andersson. The score limit for the women’s pole vault final is 465.
Kristian Pulli jump in the men’s long jump at 4:00. The final limit is 815.
Nathalie Blomqvist will take part in the women’s 1,500-meter preliminaries, which will be run at 4:10 a.m. Blomqvist runs in the last, i.e. the third, run. The six fastest of the heats and the six fastest of the time trial qualify for the semi-finals.
Friday 15.7.
at 19:05 M shot put, qualifying, group A Areena (Tuomas Seppänen)
at 20:10 M high jump, qualification
at 20:30 M shot put, qualifying, group B Areena (Aaron Kangas)
at 21:45 M/N 4×400 m, heats
at 22:05 N shot put, qualifying, group A Areena (Krista Tervo)
at 22:30 M 100 m, pre-qualification
at 23.10 N 20 km walk, final (Enni Nurmi)
at 23:30 N shot put, qualifying, group B Areena (Silja Kosonen, Suvi Koskinen)
at 1:10 a.m. M 20 km walk, final (Aleksi Ojala)
at 3:05 N shot put, qualifying
at 3.15 M 3,000 m steeplechase, heats (Top Raitanen)
at 3.20 N pole vault, qualifying (Wilma Murto, Elina Lampela, Saga Andersson)
at 4.00 M long jump, qualifying at Areena (Kristian Pulli)
at 4:10 a.m. N 1,500 m, heats (Nathalie Blomqvist)
at 4.50 M 100 m, heats
at 4.55 M shot put, qualifying
at 5.50 M/N 4×400 m, final