Athletics: For Saga Vanninen’s record, full -time: “Completely invented”

Multiplayer Saga Vanninen On Sunday, in Tallinn, it made a five -world world statistics top score of 4,843 points, which is also a Finnish record for the general series.

On Tuesday, the European Athletics Association (EA) confirmed that Vanninen’s result is also a European record for short lines under the age of 23.

What makes the situation interesting is that before the turn of the year, the record would not have been recorded in the name of Vanninen. Swedish Carolina Klüft and Britain Katarina Johnson-Thompson Namely, they once scored better points in the hall in the same age group.

The explanation for Vanninen’s European record is interesting, and there is also a hard word questioner.

Antti Pihlakoski is a former chairman of the Finnish Sports Association and is now sitting on the boards of the European Athletics of the International Athletics Association and the European Athletics Association.

According to Pihlakoski, the idea behind the rule change is that the short track races could be organized outdoors in the future. Therefore, the records are also a short track record from the beginning of this year, not controls.

“There are only indoor halls in Northern Europe, the United States and a few in Asia. The short track races would also be organized outdoors in the southern hemisphere. ”

“In the future, the short track (short track) races will be sought. They can be retrieved by a hall or an outdoor location where a 200 meter track is built. ”

Pihlakoski admits that the situation is currently “a bit theoretical and confusing”.

“It has begun to think that it would be wise to start a new record statistics in sports where, for example, wind conditions can affect the results.”

Pihlakoski says that Johnson-Thompson’s 5,000 points in the 2015 European Championships are likely to be a record of the indoor track.

“On the all -time list, Saga will probably slip into third.”

International However, the activities of the unions are available from a full -time expert on statistics and records.

Mirko jalava Known as the Profit Service as a runner of the statistical workshop. The service gathers athletics from all over the world and is one of the most famous institutions in international athletics.

Jalava does not swallow an explanation of the outdoor tracks and a new record category.

“How does the hall race before Short Track differ from the hall competition after Short Track? The hall competition is exactly the same, it is called anything, ”Jalava wonders.

“It doesn’t change that sometimes in 50 years there may be one short track outdoors. This is a completely invented thing. ”

“Someone who has made this decision does not now understand what he has decided on Saga’s record. It is simply misunderstood. ”