At the Hyrox World Championships, a Finnish shot – Riitta Knodt for the World Cup silver

Finnish Riitta Knodt won silver in the women’s 65-69 category at the Hyrox World Championships in Stockholm.

Knodt’s time was 1:27:36. Only an Englishman in the same age group got a better time than him Avril Mcclementwhose time was 1.25.43.

From Finns Stina Rosqvist was fourth in the age group with a time of 1:32:27.

Knodt grew up in a sports family. His father was a ski jumping legend Antti Hyvärinen. Hyvärinen won Olympic gold in ski jumping on the normal hill in Cortina d’Ampezzo in 1956 and was the first Finnish ski jumping Olympic champion.

Knodt worked for the airline Lufthansa as a flight attendant for dozens of years. He is an active endurance athlete who has practiced, among other things, triathlon and marathon running.

Hyrox World Championships were Finnishly successful. Jenni Judin and Reetta Hämäläinen won silver in the pro series doubles competition. The twins are glowing about Knodt in their Instagram post.

“It’s an example for everyone and a goal to be in such good shape at that age,” the publication writes.

The other Finns in the race also receive praise from both sides.

“There was a large group of Finns and all great athletes.”