Senni Salminen leaps convincingly in the finals: “Nothing more than getting a medal”

Triple jumper Senni Salminen On Thursday, other Finnish athletes showed a model at the European Athletics European Championships in the Netherlands.

Salminen started the women’s three -leap qualifier convincingly after crossing the qualifying threshold as the first jumper with a score of 14.02.

Salminen exceeded the qualifying threshold in Apeldoorn by two cents. He was deservedly satisfied, as the qualifying competition for the value races has often been a difficult place for Salminen.

“I know nothing about the jump. I didn’t think at all, so much tense. I don’t like to jump first, ”Salminen says of the Finnish Sports Association in the press release.

Salminen’s qualifying jump was his second best of the season. In January, the domestic top result of winter in the name of Salminen is 14.07.

In the European Championships, Salminen competed for the second time this season at a full speed of 16 steps. The first time was a week ago in Madrid, where he was second with 13.99.

“It starts to form a little quiet, Salminen said of his important speed.”

The last time Salminen was in the final of the European Championships in the 2021 Torun in Poland. Then he jumped seventh with a score of 14.14. Kristiina Mäkelä was the sixth of the race at the time.

Friday’s finals are in search of the European Championship medal.

“With the liberated being to the finals. Nothing more than getting a medal, ”Salminen summed up to Yle.

Daniel Kosonen At the height of men, she complemented the good evening of Finnish jumpers. He got the final place after his third place 223. Kosonen’s record is a cent better.

Kosonen exceeded 218 with his first jump and grabbed a solid grip on the final place.

“It was a surprisingly good qualifying race. I thought there would have been more friends in 218, ”Kosonen told Yle.

Women’s at the end Elina Lampela Jumped with the best with 455, which was enough for the final place. He exceeded 430, 445 and 455 all with his first attempt, so Lampela is allowed to wait a lot in the finals.

Saga Andersson The fate was the first to qualify. The result 445 was enough in the qualifiers instead of ninth.

Finnish and British dual citizen Hannah Anderson Running at the women’s 1,500 meters was in the first round. He was seventh in his opening round at 4.22,98.

The batch won French Berenice Cleyet-Merle aJalla 4,13.51.

Anderson even ventured into the first round.

“I’m a little disappointed. I would have liked to run a little harder. However, the first rounds are so tactical. Now we started so slowly that I went to pull. I’m proud of that, it was a brave movement, but the feet weren’t enough today, ”Anderson said.

“I would have liked to run a couple of seconds faster. I have run such time of 4.22 throughout the hall season, ”Anderson, who has clocked to 49.93, added.

He represented Finland last year at the European Championships in the Country Running Championships.

Men’s 1,500 meters Joonas Rinne Disappointed badly. He was seventh in the second round of 3.48.68, so the final spot was far. The top three in the round survived the finals.

The slope’s kutti got stuck in the last hundreds of meters. The final chapel remained forced.

“250 meters before the goal felt in the body that there were no strengths today. For some reason, there was no gunpowder at the end, ”Rinne admitted to Yle.

Women’s 60 meter fence run two years ago European Championship Master Reetta Hurske Counted to the European Championships in the Netherlands.

Hurske was fourth in Apeldoorn with his best season of 8.03.

Lotta Harala Your page in the first round of a record 8.00 and will continue to the semi -finals. Saara Keskitalo stayed in her first round 8.09 and fell from the future.