Oliver Helander has a significant competitive advantage in the battle for gold – an expert tells what is required for the jackpot | Sport

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What speaks?

The number one thing on the day before the last European Championships in Rome was the men’s height and Marco Tamberi. While at the beginning of the Games we struggled with the number of spectators, on Tuesday evening there were enough people and atmosphere at the Olympic Stadium in Rome.

The Italian Tamberi has taken Usain Bolt’s place as the biggest showman in international athletics.

The Olympic winner from three years ago now became the European champion with a new competition record of 237.

Between jumps, Tamberi kept raising the atmosphere of the event. The final also saw a rare situation for field sports, when the stadium was completely silent as the superstar prepared for the jump.

– It was great. Sometimes he took bänks (inciting to clap) and sometimes he silenced the audience. There wasn’t even a sound in the yard. Then when he got over, exploded, expert Jaakko Ojaniemi described the atmosphere on the spot.

The favorite of the home crowd was overshadowed by one of the toughest men’s triple jumps of all time. The 23-year-old from Spain Jordan Diaz bounced 18.18 and just 11 centimeters short of the all-time three-point mark by Jonathan Edwards Place.

Portuguese Pedro Pablo Pichardo completed the incredible race with the second result of 18.04.

Ojaniemi believes that both benefited a lot from the much-talked-about jump-off point of the European Championships. In any case, the sport has a tickling situation. The Jamaican teenage sensation, who has been compared to Bolt, will participate in the Paris Olympics Jaydon Hibbert.

He is a talent that can inject ME with new readings very soon.

– Men’s triple jump can become one of the toughest athletics in Paris, Ojaniemi says.

Who surprised?

In the men’s javelin final, three Finnish men will meet for the seventh time at the EC level.

Oliver Helander immediately ensured the qualification with his first 84.35. Also Toni Keränen (82.77 SB) and defending bronze Lassi Etelätalo see you in the finals.

– I would have said in advance that two will do. Keränen was the one who surprised.

In an interview with , Keränen stated that the 82.77 throw was a successful basic recommendation. In the final, he might still improve. He goes to the final without any pressure.

– There is no pressure on him, they are on Helander’s shoulders. Keränen’s challenge is the unevenness of the throws, says Ojaniemi.

Frustration

A clear disappointment for Ojaniemi was the 800 meter runner Eveliina Määttänen, who was eliminated from the final. For the 28-year-old Finn, who has run his record twice this summer, the place in the final competition was full of realism.

Määttänen left in good time to the front positions and tried to create a long streak. Coach’s spouse Jan Petrac would have liked a different tactic.

– I’m not sure if he was in good enough shape now. I haven’t seen good runs from Määttänen when he has started to pull. He has made good runs when he has been able to climb from second or third place at the latest in the final straight.

What next?

The European Championship culminates on the final day in Finnish men’s javelin. There are big expectations of success for Helander.

The qualifying result of 84.35 was Helander’s best result of the season, but technically the throw was not even close. However, the 27-year-old Finn is physically in good shape.

According to Ojaniemi, more than 90 meters of material is hidden in Helander’s body. The career best is 89.83 thrown two years ago.

– Now he is in the strongest shape than ever. In the kasine leg of the qualification, he was hasty with the upper body and the throw ended up in a heap.

– I’m surprised that the throw went far despite that. If he doesn’t rush, takes the support properly to the ground and lets his upper body through properly, there will definitely be five more meters in store. It could be more.

Main opponents, Germany Julian Weber and the Czech Republic Jakub Vadlejch are more confident throwers.

– They consistently throw 87-88 meters. But if we start throwing more than 90 meters, then they won’t have enough anymore. If Helander just gets his technique right, he has the biggest potential of those pitchers.

All in all, 13 Finnish men have thrown the javelin for EC medals. Helander’s coach Tero Pitkämäki has achieved the most European Championship medals (3), but he was not able to reach the European Championship in his own career.