No less than 14 athletes from the first coaching group of the Sports Federation are on the sidelines from the weekend’s national match.
Finland’s national athletics team is star-studded in the weekend match against Sweden.
No fewer than 14 athletes from the Sports Confederation’s first coaching group, Team Finland, are missing from Stockholm’s Olympic Stadium.
On the side are the hurdlers Viivi Lehikoinena javelin thrower Oliver Helandera triple jumper Senni Salminenmatchmaker Saga Vanninenspeed beepers Annimari Korte and Nooralotta Neziripole vaulters Tommi Holttinen and Mikko Paavolaa pot thrower Henri Liipolaa hurdler Kristiina Halonenwalkers Aku Bearden and Elisa Neuvonena javelin thrower Toni Keränen and a pot thrower Sara Killinen.
Lehikoinen competes in the Chinese Diamond League on Saturday, Helander obtained a medical certificate for his absence, Salminen, Neuvonen and Korte suffer from health problems, Neziri ended his competitive season at the beginning of August, instead of Keränen, Holttisen, Paavola, Liipola and Killinen, more successful athletes were chosen for the national match this season.
The reasons for the absences of Vanninen, Halonen and Partanen are not known to Iltalehti.
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Among the Finns who took part in the World Championships in Budapest, who are not listed above, aside from the national competition are the high jumper Heta Tuuri (Chinese Diamond League), sprint hurdler Lotta Harala (health problem) and shot putter Eveliina Rouvali (health problem).
Among the Finns who won a medal at the U23 EC home games in Espoo in July, who would have been selected for the Sweden match without health concerns, the endurance runner is on the sidelines Emil Helander and multi-talented Jessica Kähärä.
Despite numerous absences, based on this season’s top results, Finland wins the men’s national match with 228–221 points and the women’s match 238.5–212.5.
In the last ten years, the wins for both women and men are 9–1 for Sweden.
– Papers are papers. They certainly tell that the race will be even. Swings of one species reverse it. Every ranking counts and every battle is important for the whole. A sweet event is coming, sports director of the Sports Association Jani Tanskanen comment.
– Winning is the goal. When there is an opportunity, you have to take it. The previous simultaneous victory of women and men is from the last millennium, he adds.
The most recent women’s and men’s national team victory in the same season dates back to 1998.