Sole Nieminen, 98, is in iron condition.
Sole Nieminen searched the terrain like berries. Illustration. Jaakko Stenroos/AOP
Sole Nieminen98, drooling gold medals from the World Master Orienteering Championship orienteering competition in Spain last week.
The athlete of Jämsä’s excursion Veikko returned to Finland with a total of three World Cup gold.
The event organizer shared a video on social media that Nieminen runs to the last control, waving the Finnish flag.
The last meters fold agile even though he had to run uphill. Dozens of people who followed the competition were loudly encouraged by the Finns.
The comment box in the video has accumulated numerous people and comments.
– Wow, what a Power Grandma! One comment.
– This is the best championship, not two words! The other was amazed.
Many commentators were Finns based on the nicknames, but there were also numerous foreigners.
In his orienteering career, Nieminen has won an amazing number of medals in both the Finnish Championship and the international value races.
His prize cabinet has a huge more than 100 SM medals in different age groups, and there have been dozens of World Championship medals.
He also won three World Cup golds from previous races held in Turku. Nieminen’s tough condition is also illustrated by the fact that there were no other participants in the last two World Championships in the 95-year-old.
Athletes over 35 years of age can participate in Master class competitions.