Janna Jyrkinen finished seventh in her first competition. The young prize contest debutant thrilled his home crowd.
Joel Sippola,
Emma Jump
Seventh place, record points and second representative place for Finland at the next European Championships.
Janna Jyrkinen the debut in the adult competition could not have been more wonderful. However, it is about a 15-year-old athlete who made his debut in front of his home crowd.
Jyrkinen finished eighth in the short program held on Thursday. The pressures were hard in many ways.
– In my opinion, the way he was able to keep the whole together under these pressures is something worth raising our hats to, ‘s commentator Sara Honkavaara praised Jyrkinen’s performance in the free program.
Janna Jyrkinen performed perfectly in the free program, even though the program included one fall. Only 15 years old, Jyrkinen skated his record score of 116.19.
Jyrkinen also reached his record in total points, 176.96. Georgia took the EC gold Anastasia Gubanova 199.91.
– It was a good performance. It’s a bit sad that it fell, but it was a very successful whole, Jyrkinen described.
Jyrkinen excelled especially in step sequences and pirouettes.
– I always tried to calm down after the jumps and continue to the next jump. The audience’s support was really good.
So. Like Thursday, Jyrkinen was the number one favorite of the home crowd. Jyrkinen commented at the time that the audience was really loud.
How about now?
– Now it was really loud! There were a lot more people, which was really good. The encouragement helped a lot.
Another country for Finland
Jyrkinen said after his performance that he is very satisfied with his eighth place. Later, the ranking became a notch better.
The first-timer at the adult competition admits that the past week at the home competition has been exciting.
– This was a really great experience.
Jyrkinen’s coach Marina Shirshova raved about his protégé’s performance.
– I am a very satisfied and proud coach.
According to the coach, Jyrkinen’s clear strength is how he can pull himself together. Even now after the fall.
– The fall affected the points a little. However, after the mistake, he got up and pounced.