The expert again analyzes the situation of the height jumper who changed the coach.
Ella Junnila’s earnings at the Paris Olympic Games were 183 centimeters. He was eliminated from the finals. Pasi Liesimaa
– The hall season went by. I don’t know if he has a blow on Saturday. I consider a special bet when he is in China.
Iltalehti’s athletics expert Arto Bryggare is very surprised when a high jumper Ella Junnila On Saturday will compete at the Opening Event of the 2025 Diamond League season in Xiamen.
-He had one competition during the hall season-and it was in the European Championships. It was miserable to see, Bryggare estimated on the spot in the Netherlands.
The Finn crossed 180 centimeters in Abeldoorn, but it remained the only successful performance of the qualifying event.
– Junnila had an accident in the gym during the hall season, which had an impact on the hall season, the expert recalls.
Kouts shoe
Tuomas Sallinen got a shoe. Pasi Liesimaa
It was recently reported that Junnila has given his coach For Tuomas Sallinen shoe.
– There are always two parties in coaching. The athlete’s world is often such that the problem is in the coach. Many athletes can go in front of a mirror and think about whether there are problems with something else.
This was the second time Junnila, 26, puts his personal pilot out of atypical time. In the summer of 2021, the athlete of Tampere Pyrennus put Jouko Kilvi to walk.
– When Jouko Kilpi changed to Sau, I thought it was a pity. Ella had just made a tough result in the 196 cents of the year 2021 and won the European bronze medal. It occurred to me that it didn’t make sense to change the coach.
Usually, in individual sports such as athletics and cross -country skiing, the coach is changed after the race.
– I once changed the coach after a miserable season. The rhythm change was significant, Bryggare recalls and refers to the events of 1981 when Esko Olkkonen changed Antti Kalliomäki.
The loved ones are piloting
SE-woman coaching in the race season 2025 responsible for spouse Mikko Rummukainen and the father Juha Junnila.
– Dad knows his daughter. He has been a tough long jump jumper at national level. It may be that it works.
32-year-old Rummukainen, who has been trained as an engineer, has been involved in coaching his engagement since 2018.
The former national level jumper and three -leaner have gotten the reigning Finnish champion of the high jump Daniel Koso the last three seasons.
– Kosonen has recently made a significant breakthrough, so it can be said that Rummukainen is inside the high jump. Engineers tend to be accurate. As Juha Junnila lives in Helsinki, I assume Ella’s coaching relationship is closer to your spouse than with your father.
Idol to the helm
Tia Hellebaut will become Ella Junnila’s coach after the 2025 competition season. Picture of Belgian 2012. EPA / AOP
Junnila moves after the race season 2025 Belgian Tia hellebaut coaching and changes the high jump to the home country of the 2008 Olympic winner.
Tampere has said that Hellebaut was an idol of childhood. The duo had a unifying factor in the 2000s: both used glasses during high jump performance.
– Junnila’s situation in 2026 seems a bit brighter. Tia Hellebaut, a background, is a great opportunity. I’m not worried about Junnila’s coaching arrangements.
Attitude problem?
The activities of Ella Junnila speaks. Pasi Liesimaa
Junnila flushed under the Lepe of the Finnish Athletics Break during 2018-19, when he first broke the Finnish records of the 22-year-old and then the general series of Finland.
The woman’s career has been marked by the great unevenness of the results. For example, after SE 197 in Turku in mid -June, the best result was 186 centimeters.
“It has been said from Junnila that there are a huge amount of gifts, but the results are scarce in relation to the gifts,” says Bryggare.
The expert wonders if Junnila’s attitude is strong enough for top-level sports.
-Junnila has to decide what she wants from top sports. If you want to succeed, you have to invest a lot in your high jump in time, mentally and physically. I have a picture left that he wants a lot more – and it doesn’t always work. Would there be room for focus if he wants to succeed in top-level sports?