Niklas Ekström won in the men’s race with nine seconds.
The Finnish team continued the European Championships in Ski Orienteering at the medal pace, when the duo, which brought silver from the sprint message on Thursday, reached personal medals on Friday.
Niklas Ekström took a victory in men’s competition with nine seconds to represent Sweden Andrei Lamov. For bronze ski oriented Swedish Jonatan Stahl.
The European Championship was the first adult value gold medal of Ekström’s career.
– The track did get the athlete hard, but I was able to control it in the end, and it didn’t really make it any mistake. The physical Virek was again top, and the ski was even better. Yes, this first value race feels good, rejoiced in Ekström in a news release from the Orienteering Federation.
The women’s sprint was responsible for Finnish success Amanda Yli-Futka. Yli-Futka grabbed his career as a bronze medal of his first personal value race.
-In such comfortable conditions, it’s a good idea to go to the weekend to try to clarify the medal, Yli-Futka planned.
EM ski orienteering in Posio will continue on Saturday with a mid-distance competition.