There will be excitement on Wednesday night when Krista Tervo and Silja Kosonen throw in the moukari final. Finnish championships were already achieved during the day, when Kristiina Mäkelä and Senni Salmi advanced to the final competition of the triple jump.
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Finland’s men’s three-piece team failed to qualify for the European Championships in Munich. Henri Liipola, Tuomas Seppänen and Aaron Kangas each threw a good 71 meters evenly. Liipola was the best Finn in qualifying 15th, Seppänen 16th and Kangas 18th.
The longest throws of the qualification were contested by Poland’s value competition rollers Pawel Fajdek (79,76) and Wojciech Nowicki (78,78)
Liipola and Seppänen, who threw in group B, are language experts. Seppänen speaks German and Estonian, while Liipola speaks French. However, in the post-qualification interview, the men answered in Finnish.
According to Seppänen, his first throws went too high. In his last throw, he put it all on the line.
– The last one actually has the tap open and “spray or pray”. Today it was “shit and bust”, Seppälä grumbled.
Liipola did not get a proper feel for his qualifying throws.
– It feels like the technology goes back five years in value competitions. You should get established doing it yourself. But “it is what it is” Liipola said.
Moukarimörssäri are going to watch the women’s final in the evening, where they throw Silja Kosonen and Krista Tervo. Liipola and Seppänen said that a medal in the women’s race is very possible.
– Let’s keep our fingers and toes crossed. The women had a painful qualification, so they will probably come to the finals wiser. You can secretly load a coffee pot for medal coffees, and click on it when the medal is secured.
The evening session of the European Athletics Championships starts on TV2 at 20:30 and on Puhee at 21. The women’s softball final starts at 22. Before that, the program includes e.g. women’s pole vault final from 9 p.m.
Halonen advanced to the semi-finals for the first time
Among the lucky Finns of the morning were those who rose to a new level during the summer Kristiina Halonen, who finished fourth in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 56.70 and advanced to the semi-finals through time comparison. For the 24-year-old Finn, who is competing in his second adult competition, the semi-final place is the first of his career.
Halonen missed his record by two hundredths.
Two Finns will be seen in the semifinals tomorrow, when Viivi Lehikoinen received a direct continuation place based on statistical times.
Kristiina Mäkelä that Senni Strait made their way to the triple jump final. Mäkelä jumped with a result of 14.11 and was third in his qualifying group. Salminen got a result of 13.90 and was the fifth in his section.
Tuomas Lehtonen finished last in his heat in the heats of the men’s 400 meter hurdles in his qualifying debut with a time of 52.75 and did not make it to the next round.
Saga Vanninen opened his career in the women’s heptathlon. The favorites have had a challenging time. There was drama in Vanninen’s 100-meter hurdles, when the Dutch Olympic bronze medalist Emma Oosterwegel fell down. also in the World Cup four, Poland With Adrianna Sulek was difficult. He only ran 13.94.
Heptathlon superstar, Belgium Nafissatou Thiam got hit hard at a height. He cleared a height of 198. That’s Thiam’s season best.