The World Sprint Orienteering Championships start on Sunday in Denmark. The Finnish message team has the opportunity to open a medal account for the World Cup sprint messages.
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shows the World Orienteering Sprint Championships at TV2 and Arena. The race will start on Sunday at 18.15 with a sprint message.
The World Orienteering Championships will start on Sunday in Denmark with a sprint message. Finland’s experienced sprint team will set out to hunt for their first sprint medal on the opening day of the competition.
The team is involved Marika Teini, Miika Kirmula, Akseli Ruohola and Venla Harju.
A balanced quartet can turn a situation that puts pressure on a sprint, among other things, to your advantage.
– There will be so much contact and seeing other athletes in the sprint message. When you know that it is not worth disturbing, it is useful, Venla Harju assesses for Sport.
Akseli Ruohola, who is navigating the third leg, expects a fast sprint message on Sunday.
You must be ready for your own solutions in the race.
– I’m looking forward to some good route options. The gang may break up a lot then, so you need to be prepared to make your own choices and decisions.
Marika Teini, who is leaving for the first opening part of her career in the World Championship sprint post, will compete with her knee strongly taped. The teenager broke his knee in a Venlo message a week ago.
– I twisted my knee in the Venlo message on that steep slope towards the end. That’s the way it is when you put a sprinter in the woods, the teenager said.
The teen’s knee has a small ligament injury, but it is hoped that it will not prevent the World Championships from taking place.
– It’s hard to say in advance what a knee likes from a fast-paced sprint, but it’s gotten better every day, so I’m hopeful it will run all the trips.
Miika Kirmula, who is navigating the second leg, has also suffered from foot pain during the season. Kirmula skipped Jukola’s message due to ankle pain, but the ankle didn’t bother on the flat surface of the sprint.
– Yes, that sprint lasts well. There was a problem on the terrain when there was more torque and it didn’t last, Kirmula said.
Kirmula and the entire Finnish quartet are hopeful about the opening of the World Cup. There are enough variables in the navigation, although Sweden and Switzerland are absolute favorites in the sprint message.
– I think everyone is in good shape right now. If the message gets off to a good start, then it has a good chance of staying in the top competition for a long time, Kirmula, who was in a good sprint bet, predicts.
Navigating as Finland’s anchor, Venla Harju says that the sprinting area in the city of Kolding in Denmark offers good route choices.
– It is hoped that the track master has taken advantage of them and perhaps made more forbidden fences there, which will then make it even more difficult to choose a route.
Harju’s dream place for the last leg would be a small back trip.
– A little chase is always quite comfortable. Of course, there are really tough women on the anchor section, so maybe that place doesn’t matter much. You have to do your own work from start to finish.