Wilma Murto jumped worthy of a bronze medal at the World Athletics Championships on Wednesday evening. Murto, who hails from Salo’s Kuusjoki, is a role model for many athletes from Salo.
On Wednesday evening, the World Championships in athletics were watched with excitement in many homes, but special excitement was felt in many Salolais living rooms.
From Kuusjoki in Salon to the world Wilma Murto provided cause for celebration with his bronze medal.
met Haartela-Vuori fresh on Wednesday evening, when he watched the pole vault final.
– A medal from the World Championships, a few years ago you probably wouldn’t have believed. Of course, we have always believed that Wilma will come from there and rise to her own level, but yes, this is an amazing thing, Haartela-Vuori recently commented.
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World Cup medals are not an everyday treat in Finland. The last time Finland won a World Cup medal was eight years ago, and the medal won by a Finnish woman is even longer: 28 years.
Murto exceeded 480 in the pole vault final, but did not succeed in 485, which is also Murto’s record. Earlier, Murto commented in an interview with Urheilu that the condition is on the better side of the height of 480.
– I believe that he is satisfied with his level, you can’t be anything but satisfied. It should have been really hard to jump for gold. Wilma is our club’s top athlete. It’s great for other young people to have a guy like that to look up to.
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