A surprising medal seam! The statistics show that Krista Tervo has a good chance for the World Championship bronze tonight

The World Athletics Championships in Oregon started cheerfully for the Finns. Moukari women Krista Tervo and Silja Kosonen reached the final and Wilma Murto stretched from the pole vault qualification to the final competition.

The pole vault final is on Sunday evening, the pole vault final on Monday early in the morning Finnish time.

Tervo, Kosose and Murro have a great seam to take the points. Even a Finnish medal in both sports is possible when you look at the World Championship bronze results of the last years and the best performances of the finalists this season.

Krista Tervo, a girl from Mouka, was the third in the qualification with the third best throw of her career, 73.83.

Tervo’s Finnish record of 74.40 is from March. A month ago in Turku, Tervo was six centimeters away from SE.

In the years 2007–2019, bronze has been won at the World Championships with throws of 74–75 meters.

19-year-old Kosonen has also broken the 74-meter mark. Kosonen’s record is 73.43 from last year. With a super success, Kosonen is in the medal fight.

Among the athletes throwing in the final, Tervo has thrown the sixth best result this season. Kosonen is in 11th place.

of the United States Brooke Andersen goes to the finals as the top scorer.

See Tervo’s qualifying counter-attack 73.83 below. The story continues after the video.

Pole vaulter Wilma Murto will compete in the World Cup finals for the first time on Monday.

Murto has shown himself to be a tough competitor in prestigious competitions: a year ago at the Tokyo Olympics, he finished fifth.

In Monday’s final, too, Murro has a long way to go. The race is expected to be extremely even.

Murro’s best of the season is 450, the record is 472 from last summer. When he gets to the feeling of a record, Murro has a good seam to fight for great positions.

The athlete is strong, who reaches the initial heights on the first attempts.

Murro is familiar with the pole vault finalists. The Finn says that he has defeated several competitors in the finals at some point in his career.

– There are not terribly many athletes in this group of finalists whose scalps I have never taken. That’s what I’ve been trying to think about. I have beaten several of them in some situation, Murto told Urheilu after the qualification.

According to Murro, the group of finalists is surprising.

– Many athletes missed the World Championships for one reason or another. We’re going to the final with an interesting group.