Wilma Murro’s loved ones watched the European Championship final in Munich. Coach Jarno Koivuse has a long shared history with Murro, which is crowned by the championship.
at the Munich Olympic Stadium Wilma Murron loved ones closely followed the pole vault finale, which ended with a gold party. The race trip was a surprise for the grandmother who turned 80 in February, To Tarja Murro. The European championship and the new Finnish record are birthday gifts that naturally also brought emotions to the surface.
– There’s nothing you can do, it’s part of the point, Tarja commented after the final.
– A really great thing. Yes, they are wonderful when it works out like that.
By clicking on the main picture of this story, you can watch Murro and his grandmother’s emotional hug after the race.
Wilma’s parents Matti Murto and Sari Murto admitted that they experienced several tense moments in the stands while watching their daughter’s EC final.
– You can’t expect much more from one race. Yes, now everything that could be taken came, father Matti said proudly.
The EC final reminded Sari of the under-20 World Championships from 2016. Murto, who was only 17 years old at the time, jumped the still valid youth world record of 471.
– Then the competition just started going and now it was the same that one two everything worked.
The parents have seen their daughter’s potential. Before the final, Sari believed that Wilma would reach a result of 480, but the result of 485 was a bonus according to her.
– She is our girl, who has always been, but of course it is always great when a child succeeds. It’s great to celebrate our daughter’s success in a stadium like this with a big crowd, Sari described.
Brother Kalle Murto said that the party was not planned in advance, although he had foreseen the sister’s hard jumps in advance.
– We will certainly celebrate from this moment on. Let’s party, and the party doesn’t end today.
Wilma Murto talked about her emotions after the race in a TV interview on . Murto had seen family and other loved ones in the stands, which brought the emotions to the surface.
– It’s pretty bad to make it better, even if I win anything from now on. Somehow, the whole “Murro clan” was here, my other friends and, unbelievably, other Finns, Murto said.
– Yes, this will be at the top for a very long time in such experiences as it is. A few extra tears came when I looked at who was in the stands, Murto became sensitive.
Coach Jarno Koivunen has traveled a long way together with the recent European champion. The cooperation has started since Murro’s junior years, and the European championship perfectly crowns the work done so far.
– It went pretty well, Koivunen commented immediately after the final.
Koivunen sees the youth world record, which Murto jumped in 2016, as a significant thing. After that, the roads to the world of top sports were open, even though the road has been hilly at times.
– There have been a few setbacks here, but we have just continued to do things and pushed forward. Now it seemed to be paying off.
It’s been 40 years since the last pole vault medal and 20 years since the last athletics medal won by a woman.
– It is also great from the point of view of the sport that we are now succeeding. Maybe we’ll get a few new Wilma Murros on the field in the future.