Vilma Mäki looked at Nooralotta Nezir with great respect. Now he wants to defeat the hero of his childhood.
In Finland, there have been a kind of women’s quick fence boom in Finland.
For the first time in the 2014 European Championships, Finland received a maximum number of women in the 100m fences as they competed in Zurich Nooralotta Neziri, Ida Aidanpää and Matilda Bogdanoff. Two years earlier at the Helsinki European Championships like Nezir, the line was on the line Elisa Leinonen Had a reserve athlete.
Successes became role models that inspired juniors.
Alavuden raised Vilma Mäki It was 12 years old when the Finnish trio ran on the Swiss European Championship.
– Of course, it has been important to me that there have been good shores in Finland. As a kid, I looked up to the upward and pretty much followed him, Mäki says.
– I had a lot of other sports, such as gymnastics and ballet. I did better in the fencing run than the others, so I thought it would be a nice sport for me, Mäki adds.
Statistical
Vilma Mäki represents the condition of Kuortane. Jussi Saarinen
Now Mäki, 23, is Finland’s statistics. At the beginning of June, a record of 12.88 seconds was set in Lappeenranta.
– I was expecting my record this season and I knew that 13 seconds were possible. However, I did not expect that right from the beginning of the season.
The downwind in the record run was 1.3 meters per second and below the Lappeenranta Kimpinen field was missed.
– I got on the run right away and the performance started to suck. I felt we were going hard now.
The previous record improved by 19 hundredths.
– In a way, 13 seconds is the limit that you can call yourself a sair.
The coach died
Olga and Eduard Hämäläinen photographed at the castle party in 1997. Esa Pyysalo
Mäki was 2012-2023 Olga Hämäläinen coaching.
Tener Eduard Hämäläinen The ex-spouse died in April 2023.
– I grew up in Olga’s coaching from a child to a young and young adult. I was pretty much in the coaching of Olga until the end. It was a tough place when he died. We were dealing daily and Olga was like another mother to take care of me.
Antti Haapakoski walked the hill after Hämäläinen, until 2024 a woman in Southern Ostrobothnia moved to the Helsinki metropolitan area and ended up Mikael Ylöstalon coaching.
The training partner became 12.90 seconds of fence straight this season Saara Keskitalo.
-Ylöstalo pondered the name of the WhatsApp group and invented the fence. It’s a name for us.
Mäki is studying at Myyrmäki, Vantaa, a laboratory analyst at Vantaa University of Applied Sciences. Plans are to switch to Tradenom’s studies.
To the idol in a pot
On Tuesday, Nooralotta Neziri was the best Finn in Paavo Nurmi Games in 12.89 seconds. Jenni Gästgivar
On Midsummer Day, Finland’s fencing cream meets for Kuortane. Mäki meets Nezir, Lotta Harala and Reetta Hurskeen. Keskitalo is sidelined due to health problems.
– Of course, the goal is to win. There are rivals here, Mäki says.
The field of Kuortane is familiar to the hill. He has lived in the community for six years, for example, high school time slipped on the verge of Kuortaneenjärvi.
– Hard women are on the line and the field is pretty fast. If the conditions were even reasonable, there is a chance to run really hard.
Vilma Mäki enjoys enjoys on the edge of Lake Kuortaneenjärvi. Jussi Saarinen