Athletics stars from Finland and around the world will be seen at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku on Tuesday. Here are five interesting species selections.
Women’s moukari at 16:40
The women’s singles is on paper the toughest of the evening’s sports, as it features the top three of last year’s World Championships, Brooke Andersen (USA), Camryn Rogers (Canada) and Janee’ Kassanavoid (USA).
Men’s pole vault at 16:44
The big advance favorite in the men’s pole vault is 23-year-old KC Lightfoot from the United States, who at the beginning of June posted the third-best result of all time, 607.
Among current jumpers, only the superior Armand Duplantis (621) is ahead of Lightfoot in the ME statistics. The second result is in the name of Sergei Bubka (614).
Women’s 400m hurdles at 19:14
The most interesting name in the women’s fenced track circuit is Viivi Lehikoinen, who ran a new Finnish record in Huelva, Spain on June 6. Lehikoinen won the race with a time of 54.40, which put him second in European statistics.
Men’s 100 meters, heats at 18:22, finals at 19:26
In Turku’s evening, there are four men who ran 100 meters under ten seconds. They are USA’s Cravont Charleston (record this season ran 9.91), Ghana’s Benjamin Azamati (record 9.90, this season 9.99), Great Britain’s Reece Prescod (record 9.93, this season 9.99) and Japan’s Abdul Hakim Sani Brown (record 9.97, this season 10.13), who is the 2019 4x100m bronze medalist.
The Finns include SE man Samuli Samuelsson, Viljami Kaasalainen, Valtteri Louko, Riku Illukka and Eino Vuori.
Women’s 100-meter hurdles, preliminaries at 7:50 p.m., finals at 8:54 p.m.
The women’s 100-meter hurdles final will be seen as the final event. The strong Finnish foursome Reetta Hurske, Annimari Korte, Nooralotta Neziri and Lotta Harala are included.
The biggest name in the competition is Poland’s Pia Skrzyszowska, who won the EC gold in the sport last year. The woman’s record is a wild 12:51.