Wilma Murto won the EC gold in the pole vault

Tarja Murto believed in advance that Wednesday would be Wilma’s day.

Wilma Murto received a golden hug from her mother Tarja. PASI LEISMA

There was a large group in the stands of the Olympic Stadium in Munich on Wednesday Wilma Murron close ones. They got to witness when Murto won the first medal of his career for adults.

The color of the medal was the brightest possible, golden. The Finnish athletics jackpot was born with a new Finnish record score of 485.

Murto went to give instructions to his family just before the start of the medal hunt.

– Wilma shouted before the race that mom, you can’t say anything stupid. There will be a sound, grandma Tarja Murto laughed.

The race trip was a wonderful surprise for Tarja Murro. Wilma’s gold medal crowned everything. PASI LEISMA

Tarja-mamma had been brought to the European Championships as a surprise. He turned 80 in February.

– This was a surprise trip. Such a complete surprise, he said with a smile.

The surprise was once and for all memorable.

Murto strongly believed in the medal beforehand. He follows his grandson’s moves with passion.

In addition to Finland, the grandmother has been watching the games in Italy, among others, when the pole vaulter won the bronze medal at the under-20 European Championships.

– Wilma always says “I heard mommy scream”.

Tarja Murto lives up to the games and makes noise. Pasi Liesimaa

The relationship between the two is warm.

– I have taken care of him since he was a child. I have been cooking.

Tarja’s mother, who was sitting alone at the Junior European Championship, did not dare to shout. This summer, he followed Eugene’s adult World Championships from Finland and let it burn.

– I watched them alone. I screamed even though I was alone. It belongs here. The tension has not eased.

Wilma Murto broke her own records in an incredible way and celebrated as the best in Europe. PASI LEISMA

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