Senni Salminen Kilpaılu was the General of the European Championship in the Netherlands next week. Apeldoorn competes from 6 to 9. March.
Triple jumper Senni Salminen He struck his second longest jump in the winter at 13.99 and finished second in Madrid’s international hall races on Friday.
The race was won by Cuban Leyanis pérez The season’s top score of 14.42.
For Salminen, the competition was the General of the European Championship in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands next week. Apeldoorn competes from 6 to 9. March.
Salminen used a full 16 -step speed in the competition, which began to work better towards the end of the competition. Salminen shed his best in the fourth and fifth rounds with 13.84 and 13.99.
– There was a quick search when I got up to speed. These were the first competition jumps at full speed. I tried it with two jumps in the Skating Halls, but I wouldn’t count them when it was an ex tempore thing, Salminen said in a SUL bulletin.
– Now it felt like I got a joke towards the end of the race. For the European Championships, I am confident. The full pace is now more familiar. Now we are fluttering and doing one power training before the European Championships.
Salminen’s race coach followed Matti Mononen was satisfied.
– Senni now got more 16 step jumps, and the direction was right, but there is still room for repair. At the end of the momentum, we want to be even better accelerated so that the last step does not stretch and the extent of the ham, which is Senn’s strength, Mononen said.
-That 13.99 jump already had good ingredients. After two leaps, they were already far.