Senni Salminen, who spoke publicly about her sexual orientation, hinted that the competition organizers could be considered a little more carefully. However, Salminen has not bothered about it during the World Cup trip.
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Hungary’s weak human rights and freedom of speech situation has been talked about during the World Athletics Championships.
– Hungary’s human rights and freedom of speech situation is so weak that the World Cup should not be held in Budapest, MEP Alviina Alametsä (green) your line For Iltalehti last week.
Hungary has separated itself from other EU countries with a prime minister Viktor Orbán during the reign. Orbán has been the Prime Minister of Hungary since 2010. The Games were awarded to Hungary in 2018.
In the era of Orbán’s Fidesz party, Hungary has enjoyed a dubious reputation due to, among other things, trampling on the rights of sexual minorities.
In Hungary, same-sex marriages were banned by law in 2010. Later, same-sex adoptions were also banned.
Finnish national team triple jumper Senni Salminen has spoken openly about his sexual orientation in public.
In autumn 2020, Senni Salminen said in his Instagram post that he had lived in a relationship with a woman for several years.
On Tuesday, Urheilu asked at the Finnish team’s information session how Salmis feels about being in Hungary, where sexual minorities are trampled upon.
– We could think a little more about where to put these games. There would be no problems, which should be thought about and which cause distress to certain groups of people, Salminen answered.
Salminen also stated that he hasn’t spent any energy thinking about it on the race trip.
Salminen will compete in the triple jump qualification on Wednesday.
Opened up about his mental problems
Salminen talked openly about his mental problems earlier this summer. According to his own words, he had pretended that everything was fine, although in reality he wanted to be anywhere other than the competition venue.
In June, at Paavo Nurmi’s games, Salminen’s performance was messed up. His result of 13.22 was far from his record of 14.63.
Salminen retired for a competition break, after which the level of results has been significantly better. In his return competition in Lappeenranta, he jumped with a result of 14.03.
In Budapest, Salminen said that his mind is calm and peaceful now.
– Now it’s somehow calm and I don’t think much about what other people think about my jumps. I jump for myself, Salminen stated.
The qualifying limit for the women’s triple jump is 14.30. Among the Finns, the European Championship silver medalist also participates in the qualification Kristiina Mäkelä.
Tromiloika qualifying on Wednesday at 20:10. The final is scheduled for Friday at 8:35 p.m.