Maisa Kuusikko grabbed two finals at the European Gymnastics European Championships.
Maisa Kuusikko advanced to the European Championship Finals. Aop
Tampere Gymnastics Maisa spruce Find out his way to the European Championship Final of the Different Trees. The last time a Finnish woman cleared her way to the top eight to the finals at the European Championship level in 1963.
June The spruce was fourth in the qualifying. In addition, the Tampere resident captured the top 24 in the four -match finals.
The spruce advanced to the finals, even though the first two racks – boom and permanto – failed. However, he managed to assemble his nerve in the last racks, that is, jumping and different levels.
The four -match final is Thursday 28.5. And the final of different levels a day later.
– I’m extremely happy with the finals of the lean trees! It’s wonderful to get to the match finals too Kaia With this day -to -day performance, Kuusikko glows in a news release from the Gymnastics Association.
Kaia Tanskanen shone in the four -match qualifier. He succeeded in gymnastics of the intact series with all four racks and was eventually the best Finn in the qualifier (14th).
– I’m really happy with this day and excited to get to the four -match final. It is great to get another opportunity in these races to represent Finland among other skilled Europeans. All four racks were successful and the team was doing well, so I’m happy, says Tanskanen.
The Finnish team scored a total of 151.962 points and ranked 11th in the team race. Last year the ranking was 17th.
In addition to the spruce and Tanskanen, the Finnish team gymnasts Ada Hautala (Oulu’s Pyrinth), Ekaterina podobed (HIFK Gymnastics) and Adeliina Siikala (HIFK Gymnastics).
The women’s team competition was won by Italy. Germany was second and France was third.