For Kalle Salminen, the weekend championships are important. He dreams of the first value races of his career.
Athletics Championships from Kuortane on EPN channels from 22 to 23 February.
In order to reach the first time in their career Kalle Salminen We should win the longitudinal gold on Saturday at the Kuortane Championships with a tough result.
It would bring important ranking points to Salminen and could open her a place in the European Championships in the Netherlands.
– It’s a tight ranking. Only 18 will be included, says Salminen, who held a short training session before the Finnish Championship.
14 men have broken the European Championship 8.10. So there are only four seats through rankings.
Salminen, who has accumulated 1,150 ranks so far, is nine men in addition to those who already break the European Championship. However, many athletes may not receive the European Championships and invest in the World Cup, which will be competed in China from 21 to 23. March.
Salminen has not even competed in the athletics value races as a junior, so there would be a value race debut for a 29-year-old jumper career.
Salminen also had to compete in PM halls in Espoo, but he missed the races because there were small feelings in the ankle.
– The race came so quickly after Tampere. Last time the ankle area took several days before it returned.
It was a precaution because Salminen listens carefully about his body’s messages.
– Rest is one of the most important things.
Salminen jumped his record 793 in Tampere, just three days before February 9th.
– It was a good jump, but I had to move the brand throughout the race.
– The jump has an eight -meter potential when you get more suction in the final run. Speed is in good shape, confirms the coach Matti Mononen.
– I believe that on a good day I can jump it eight meters in the hall. Last summer came a terrible average and evenly jumping 7.70-7.80, Salminen adds.
On the outdoor tracks, Kalle Salminen’s record last summer in Lappeenranta was 7.89. In Finland’s all -time statistics, it is enough instead of 24.
Eight meters of violators in Finland will be found in the hallways, including 12, and the Finnish record is the Finnish record Kristian Pull 8.27.
The speed of this season has also improved. The tests tell it.
– The flying 20 meters has gone to 1.87 seconds, when it went 1.92 a year ago, Salminen opens.
Salminen is in Mononen’s training group, but he is largely training in his everyday life. He also prepares his own training programs.
– I’ve been pretty self -sufficient, and I try to keep Matt on the cart where we are going. But many times our calls go fishing, says Salminen, who also goes with ice fishing.
– It is good for the main hell. There is a lot to visit in Saimaa.
Salminen is camping between Tanhuvaara Sports Institute together with Mononen and her sister, a three -leaning time Senni Salminen with. Communicating with her sister is lively.
– Almost daily, something training is exchanged.
Kalle Salminen lives in Joensuu and has attended a youth coaching degree. He coaches his club Joensuu Kataja Athletes as a coach Joose Paajanen help.
-There are less than a dozen young people aged 14-17 in the group. Some will also have to consider the exercises, says Salminen, who also oversees the morning training at the Sports Academy.
Athletics Championships from Kuortane on EPN channels from 22 to 23 February.
The European Athletics Championships will be held in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands from 6 to 9 March. and World Championships in Nanjing, China from 21 to 23 March. Also the European Championship and World Championships on EPN channels.