Satu Lipiäinen is a multiple youth championship medalist in athletics.
Satu Lipiäinen’s new SE time is almost 25 minutes faster than the previous one. Illustration image. PDO
Skilled in many sports Fairy tale Lipiäinen improved Finland’s record and finished fifth in the 100 km World Championships in Germany.
Lipiäinen covered 100 kilometers in 7.15.35. Finland’s record improved by almost 25 minutes. The women’s world championship was won by a Frenchman Floriane Hot at 7:04,03.
Lipiäinen, representing Joensuu’s Ultra-Sisu, lost fourth place to the United States To Courtney Olsen only six seconds apart. Lipiainen also broke Sweden Kajsa Bergin the Nordic record in the name.
The 26-year-old from Siilinjärvi has won several medals in youth championships in various sports. He has, for example, medals in pole vaulting and steeplechase.
The one representing Endurance from Lohja also ran a good time and place Nora Honkala. He finished 18th with a time close to the former Finnish record of 7:49:17.
In the men’s competition, Japan achieved a double victory. The new world champion is Haruki Okayama, whose winning time was 6.12.10. The fourth in the men’s competition was the dual citizen of Finland and Norway representing Norway Sebastian Conrad Håkansson on 6.19.01.