Tag: Championships
This back-heel goal summed up Sweden’s humiliating collapse at the European Championships – the expert felt sorry for the goalkeeper in England’s crushing
England defeated Sweden 4-0 and secured their place in Sunday’s European Championship final at Wembley. England is cooling down before the EC final in front of their home crowd with…
Victory in tears: “No more European Championships”
Sweden’s football EC in England is over after the home team overcame Blågult 4–0 in the semi-finals at Bramall Lane in Sheffield. The disappointment among veterans Caroline Seger and Hedvig…
Phenomenal world records and the rise of Finnish women – these are the things the World Championships in Oregon will be remembered for
Sydney McLaughlin, Armand Duplantis and Tobi Amusan shone as the brightest stars of the World Cup. Viivi Lehikoinen was Finland’s brightest all-around athlete. The World Championships held in Oregon were…
This has not been seen for years – Finland has seven medal candidates for the European Athletics Championships
The Finnish team achieved the most points from the World Championships in Oregon in 17 years. The team’s wider level bodes well for the European Championships in Munich in August,…
The Olympic champion was dramatically injured at the World Championships – “This is difficult to deal with”
The ninth day of the World Championships saw no less than six final competitions. For Finns, the interest was in the javelin final, but a lot of other interesting things…
The incredible streak of Finnish fans at the World Championships in Athletics was broken when a nasty surprise awaited in the USA – Jukka Mukala, 65: “It wasn’t our fault!”
The Finnish quartet opened their World Cup career in Helsinki in 1983 and were irrevocably hooked. OREGON. Four athletics fans with a collector’s nature sat in the stands at the…
2022 World Athletics Championships: Lavillenie, Lamotte… Today’s program
ATHLETICS WORLDS. The World Athletics Championships continue this Friday, July 22 with the pole vault qualifications in particular. Summary New day of the athletics world championships with on the program…
The Finns’ successful sport is being revolutionized – a historic turning point took place in the javelin throw at the World Championships, which is also based on a Finnish export product
Petteri Piironen describes javelin throwing as “a damn sexy sport” and takes some credit for the internationalization of the sport. Emma Hyuppa, Jaakko Palvaila, Jaakko Torvi 28.8.2004. Olympic Stadium, Athens,…
2022 World Athletics Championships: Lavillenie, Lamotte… Today’s program
ATHLETICS WORLDS. The World Athletics Championships continue this Friday, July 22 with the pole vault qualifications in particular. Summary New day of the athletics world championships with on the program…
The stakes are high at the World Championships in Oregon – Helander’s final place guaranteed the javelin, where Germany’s entire athletics reputation is at stake
The venerable streak of the crown jewel of Finnish athletics, the men’s javelin, continues. At the same time, it avoided the harsh fate of the German men’s ice hockey, writes…