Unbridled assessment: Saara Keskitalo can run in this terrible time

Saara Keskitalo25, broke the new Finnish record of 12.64 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles at the Lahti GP on Wednesday. Downwind on the back straight of the Lahti ski stadium was 0.7 meters per second.

– The weather was good and Saara ran almost a dream run. The end was really wild. The beginning must be fixed. If he gets it right, we’ll be in the early 12.5 or 12.4 times, reports Iltalehti’s athletics expert Arto Bryggare.

Here’s the explanation

A woman from Espoo’s Tapios came from the back row to the top of Finland. He was not sovereign in the junior leagues. After the 2023 season, the woman’s personal record was 13.10 seconds, after the summer of 2024 it was 12.84 seconds, and at the end of last season it was 12.81 seconds.

– Successful training, health and talent, Bryggare lists the reasons for the recent success.

He finished third in the competition won by Keskitalo Lotta Harala. The time of 12.79 seconds is the tenth best of the career. In the beginning, it was a hundredth stronger.

– Lotta ran very well in the second run, but she is still in the phase. He believes that he has a better shot than Kuortane.

The man came back from the hospital

The Lempäälä Kisan talent who has been sidelined from track running for almost two years Santtu Heikkinen23, clocked a personal best of 3:36.51 in the 1,500 meters in his comeback event on Wednesday.

– It wasn’t quite a ME run, but from his point of view it was a great climb – especially the structure of the run. He probably didn’t believe at the beginning that he could run with that. Maybe with a slightly different speed distribution, a second or even two would have come off the time. The end was so strong, says Bryggare.

Mailer’s result, which was on a long break due to health problems, is Finland’s fourth highest ever.

– This gives the Finnish mailer side a little hope.

SE man Joonas Rinne stopped the clocks at 3:37.03. The men’s record is 3:35.20.

– The result is at his normal level. You can’t celebrate with it at the European Championships. It’s a lot of hard work to even get to Birmingham, because the level of tonnage in Europe is absolutely terrible.

A stylist in the beat

Ukrainian Artur Felfner won the men’s javelin competition with a result of 83.11 meters.

– Felfner threw well. He knew how to throw into the wind.

Felfner is a three-time European champion, world champion and World Cup silver medalist in the junior series. The 22-year-old Ukrainian throws elegantly and technically handsomely.

– Compared to top throwers, the hand does not have the same pull, but the technique is very good. The throw leaves the support and there were no falls. Definitely something to do. Super wind would have gone 85-86 meters on Wednesday.

Oliver Helander crossed for the first time this season and was third in the race with a result of 80.73 meters. Second came the reigning world champion Keshorn Walcott (80.73).

– You could see from Helander that the spears came down quite quickly. The wind cut meters. The throw was much more relaxed than in the previous two competitions.

For the SE woman, runt

Krista Tervo won the women’s shot put with a result of 72.45 meters.

– With Tervo, we are always very critical when the result is less than 75 meters. He is an athlete of such a level that if there is no 80-meter thrower in front of him, the last crunch is missing.

Tervo was not particularly happy with the throwing ring at the Lahti ski stadium.

– I don’t accept the explanation that the same ring is slower. Maybe the legs were slower.

After Tervo, the reigning European champion finished second Sara Fantini (71,75).

– At the moment, Fantini has no inkling that he could renew his title in Birmingham. Tervon and Silja Kosonen the main European opponent is currently Danish Katrine Koch Jacobsen.

Earlier this season, Tervo raced to SE readings of 77.35 meters.

Spots of light

The opening event of the Lahti GP, the women’s 400-meter hurdles, was a great event for Finns.

– It’s a good thing that two bright spots. The winner’s relatively hard time in the opening race gives hope that during the next three races, the Finnish record will be broken in optimal weather. Then we’ll talk about the EC final level, Bryggare says.

Hilla Uusimäki won with a personal best of 54.63 seconds. The result is Finland’s third best ever. Above are Viivi Lehikoinen (54.40) and Tuija Helander (54,62).

– The junior World Cup gold medalist should also be recognized. He also set a personal best. There were troubles in the run, and there was no end, but on Wednesday we took a step forward.

Who won the U20 World Cup gold in 2021 Heidi Salminen clocked 56.14. The previous record (56.94) was from the World Championships.