The ice hockey background was useful in the Tokyo World Cup final.
Daniel Ståhl beat gold on the final round. Jenni Gästgivar
-The hockey ramp was like ice during the World Cup final. So slippery it was, downloaded by a German disc thrower Henrik Janssen.
“Those who know how to move on the ice benefited in Tokyo,” said another German throw Mika Sosna.
With the world championship Daniel Ståhl There is an ice hockey background. In her youth, she was in her hometown of her mother and grandmother in Turku in Turku’s renowned Juhani Tamminen and Juuso Wahlsten’s at the hockey school.
Can it be a twinkle in the eye that Juhani Tamminen made you a world champion on Sunday?
Ståhl, who rushed to the prize ceremonies in a hurry, laughed at the question.
– Today, we prefer to talk about athletics, Ståhl grinned and led forward.
Revolver for the temple
Alex Rose (left), Daniel Ståhl and Mykolas Alekna are the World Championships. Jenni Gästgivar
On Sunday, the biggest topic in the hockey finals was the tough conditions.
Ståhl, Lukas Weisshaider And Janssen said that the competition director set up by the International Athletics Association for the event figuratively put the Revolver athletes into the temporal: the competition will be passed through Sunday or the medals are not shared.
– Six athletes said yes and six no. It was decided to compete, Ståhl said.
“This is an outdoor sports, so you have to be prepared for everything,” he continued.
He controlled difficult conditions masterfully. The gold score of 70.47 meters in the final round was the personal top result of the season.
– Magic! That’s awesome, he exclaimed.
Brilliant changes
The beginning of the hockey finale was more than two hours. Daniel Ståhl had a very small blue umbrella. Jenni Gästgivar
In top-level sports, the most difficult is not to break into the absolute tip, but to stay there.
The season of the reel throwing Olympic winner and world champion Ståhl’s season in 2024 was mild. He was seventh at the Paris Olympic Games and fourth in Rome’s European Championship. He was third in the Diamond League competition.
Career was falling, written in the Swedish press.
The world’s best -speaking athlete wanted to stay at the top. He realized that changes had to be made.
The age is 33 years old, so recovery is not as easy as before. It was decided to calculate the number of competitions. For example, in the 2022 season, the 26th Sunday World Cup final in Tokyo was the seasonal 2025 eighteenth competition.
During the basic training period, the Power Nest focused more on strengthening the thigh muscles and developing reel throwing techniques.
The result of ingenious changes was seen as holy in the capital of Japan.
– I am very pleased with the solutions I made during the training season. For the World Cup final, I’m going to enjoy and bully the boys. I have nothing to lose because I already have World Cup and Olympic gold, Ståhl said on Saturday after the qualifying competition.
As such, the tragicoma became Olympic gold four years ago at the Japanese National Stadium in front of an empty stand.
When Ståhl’s gold medal led on Sunday at the same stadium landed on the ground, there were a handful of gallery than four years ago.
Alongside Sundin
Facts
The results of the reel throwing
- Daniel Ståhl, SWE, 70.47 SB
- Mykolas Alekna, LTU, 67.84
- Alex Rose, Sam, 66.96
- Matthew Denny, AUS, 65.57
- Mario Alberto Diaz, Cub, 64.71
- Andrius Gudzius, LTU, 63.43
- Martynas Alekna, LTU, 63.34
- Kristjan čeh, SLO, 63.07
- Lukas Weißhaidinger, Auto, 62.26
- Connor Bell, NZL, 59.97
- Mika Sosna, Ger, 58.60
Henrik Janssen, GER, does not print.
The world championship was the third career for a Swedish man. The previous titles are from Doha from 2019 and Budapest from 2023.
– For the third time I am a world champion. I’m in level my biggest idol Mats Sundin with. He has three World Cup gold and one from the Olympic gold. Now I also have three World Cup gold and Olympic gold. I’m very proud of it, Ståhl became enthusiastic and referred to a Swedish legend known as the Finnish ice hockey team.
Two years ago, gold was also settled in the final round. Iltalehti’s athletics expert Arto Bryggare has described the Budapest Gold Slip (71,46) as the best in the world as a reel throwing performance without wind help.