Kristiina Halonen, who is fighting for a spot in the women’s 400-meter hurdles Olympic competition, finished fourth in Poland on Sunday.
Fighting for an Olympic spot in the women’s 400 meter hurdles Kristiina Halonen finished fourth in Poland on Sunday. He finished fourth in Poznan with a time of 56.16.
Halonen fought hard for a place in the top three until the end of the race. Australia won the run Alanah Yukich with a time of 55.40.
The competition was Halo’s second this week. He ran 56.43 on Tuesday in Turku.
– I am currently the first in the ranking who is out of the Olympics. I’m still trying to fight, even though it’s an undone place. There are so many up-and-comers there, Halonen evaluates the Olympic outlook in the press release.
Earlier in June, he ran a record 55.62 at the European Championships in Rome.
In the traditional Midsummer Games of Saarijärvi, organized for the 88th time Samuel Purola ran to win the men’s 200 meters with a time of 21:17.