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Finland and Sweden will clash on Friday and Saturday in the traditional track and field match at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.
5,000 and 10,000 meters for the contractor To Mustafe Muuse The Sweden match is the first. The last time a Finn has won a match against Sweden with a score of ten was in 2017, when the Turku Sports Association Robin Ryynänen was number one.
– If there was a small introduction in the direction that this time the event victory would go to Finland again after a short break, Muuse, who represents the same club, believes.
The men’s 10,000 meters will be run on Friday. The 23-year-old Muuse last raced a distance on the track two years ago, when the shorter distances have gone well. The runner intends to follow the others and trust his finish line.
The trap of the Swedes
The Swedes have devised dozens of tactics for Muuse. Swedish David Nilsson had asked Muuse’s Swedish friend and training partner Suldan from Hassan About Muuse’s strengths and what kind of tactics should be used against him.
– It became clear quite quickly that there are very few of those tactics. Their intention at first was that one would go really hard and I would fall into that trap. But it sounded so stupid that now they want to make the race as fast as possible. According to them, places two, three and four are enough.
– I have understood that the overall victory of the sport is more important to them than the first place. You never know what’s going to happen, but that stroke my self-esteem, that at least that journey has been overcome mentally.
In the vito running on Saturday, Muuse has a very good statistical time. He puts pressure on the western neighbors.
– The Swedes want to beat me, and I just want to come with the group.
First timers in the fire test
Thrown quickly in the current season Eemil Porvari he also gets to the adult Sweden match for the first time. Porvari has followed the countries’ struggles with a close eye since he was a child.
– It’s great to be able to compete at the Olympic Stadium. Yes, it has always been looked at, that it would be great to be able to throw against Sweden there, says Porvari.
The 21-year-old Porvari has already improved his record in four races this season. Before this season, his best quote was 74.27. Now it is 82.69. Could the record still be improved in Helsinki?
– I’ll try my best and let’s see how long it takes.
Porvari and Muuse are first-timers in the Finnish national team’s “trial by fire for the yellow beaks”. For example, a year ago first timers’ noses were painted yellow. Neither of them knows exactly what is in store this time.
– The worst scenario is what has been threatened in that spearmen chat group. I can’t say more, Porvari says.
– As long as you don’t have to rap. I’ve done that once and I’ve buried that career, says Muuse.
Blomqvist as early favourite
The Finnish women’s team’s canine teeth include a runner Nathalie Blomqvistwho competes at 5,000 and 1,500 meters this weekend.
The 23-year-old runner broke the Finnish records for 3,000 and 5,000 meters this season. He has the best statistical time of the match season and a personal best in both races.
– I have never been in this situation before. I haven’t really competed in the Sweden match. The last time I was sick was when the match was in Helsinki. If I can still win in front of the home crowd, that would be really cool.
The Swedish superstar is missing
Finland goes into the match against Sweden as early favorites, at least based on the statistics. The points of the “Paper Country Match” go in favor of Finland in both men and women.
Gentlemen
Finland–Sweden 240–214
Ladies
Finland–Sweden 233.5–220.5
Source: Statistics workshop
Sweden lacks tough names. The brightest star of the country and perhaps the entire world of athletics, the pole vault ME man Armand Duplantis misses the traditional match again due to his tight competition calendar. The Swedish 800 meter record holder does the same Andreas Kramer.
Long jumper Khaddi Sagni and endurance runner Andreas Almgren are sidelined due to injuries.
– The situation does not look good on paper, but I believe that Sweden will win in the end in both men and women, SVT’s athletics expert Alhaji Jeng trust.
– In the international match, it’s about the extent of the level. There are many athletes who are not very famous but who raise their level in terms of statistics. I think that’s great. Many new abilities will emerge.
Finland’s top athletes are left aside Ilona Mononenwho will compete in the Diamond League 3,000-meter steeplechase in Rome on Friday, and the javelin thrower Oliver Helander and runner Nina Chydenius.
Mononen will run against Sweden in the women’s 1,500 meters Veera Mensonen and in the 3,000-meter steeplechase Katariina Kärkkäinen.
Helander has been replaced Topias Laine.
Chydenius was scheduled to run 5,000 and 10,000 meters in the national competition. Sandra Eriksson runs 5,000 meters in his place, and Taru Palsa 10,000 meters. Eriksson, 35, who has won numerous Finnish championships and appeared in prestigious competitions numerous times, is competing in the national competition for the first time since 2018.
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