The presidents and top athletes started the day with a joint run.
Presidents Petr Pavel and Alexander Stubb participated in the Europe as a Task conference on Tuesday. EPA/AOP
Alexander Stubb got company for his morning run on Tuesday during his visit to the Czech Republic.
President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel posted a video on her social media account of her jogging with Stubb, a middle-distance runner Kristiina Sasínek Mäken and a football player Kairinen too with.
– When we met the Czech-Finnish [syntynyt Lapualla] of runner Kristiina Sasinek and soccer player Kaan Kairinen at Prague Castle yesterday, it was clear what would follow. Thank you for starting the day at a slightly faster pace, Pavel thanks in the text section of the publication.
Dedicated to endurance sports, Stubb is the better-known sports enthusiast of the two, but according to Czech newspapers, Pavel is also a mobile sort.
Besides motorcycling, he is known to have jogging and mountain hiking as his greatest passion. The former general has also been seen kayaking and skydiving.
Sasínek Mäki says that the request to join the jog came from Stubb when they met at the gala event on Monday evening.
– I couldn’t refuse, the woman says In an interview with Denik.cz.
According to Novinky.cz, the run was a little over ten kilometers long and lasted just over an hour. However, according to Sasínek Mäki, Pavel did not stay with the rest of the group until the very end, because he was called by conference duties.
At that point, the communication language changed from English to Finnish.
– We mainly talked about sports the whole time. Kaan Kairise had something to say about that, the athlete born in Seinäjoki and representing the Czech Republic smiled referring to the Sparta Praha and Huuhkajie midfielder.
Sasínek Mäki said that he thanked Stubb for finding time in his full calendar to meet him and Kairine.
– I meant that with that he brings himself close to ordinary mortals. It is incredibly motivating, for example, for those people who have difficulty finding time for sports and exercise.
Stubb spent two days in the Czech Republic.
Office of the President of the Republic according to the release the visit featured topics such as the bilateral relations between Finland and the Czech Republic, economic and security cooperation, Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine, the situation in the Middle East and energy security, the security of NATO’s eastern member countries, and transatlantic relations.
In addition to Pavel, Stubb met the deputy speaker of the Czech Senate Jiří Drahošin and the Speaker of the House of Representatives Tomio Okamura.
