Decathlon Blog

BBC has a short news on Kelly Sotherton who apparently won the Commonwealth Games last month with a broken bone in her back. She will do her next full heptathlon at the earliest in the European Championships in August. She was fifth in Helsinki last year with 6325 points and is one of the [...]

Nice to go outside and chop some wood as it’s finally sunny and a bit warmer. Now I got the first competitions nailed down. I’ll open the outdoor season in France, near Lyon, with a decathlon 13.-14.5. and a week after I’ll travel to Estonia (Tartu) to compete in the SELL games. I won’t take [...]

I had this winter’s second discus training yesterday; the first was in January in SFI camp. Morning was nice and sunny but once I left the office it was raining but it didn’t stop the training. Luckily I had even a towel with me so that I could dry discuses. I was naturally soaked in [...]

I spent the Easter in our EU capital, namely in Brussels. The start for the small vacation was perfect as we got upgraded to business class on our direct Finnair flight. It was nice to have some Champagne and croissants to get the day going. The weather was drizzly for the whole three days but [...]

Last week’s camp in Kuortane went very well. Good trainings and my test results were on a bit better level than a year ago: flying 20m 2,09 s, standing triple jump 8,44 m and bench press 120 kg. Physically I should be in a good shape so it’s looking promising for the summer’s competitions. Even [...]

We came yesterday to Kuortane for the third and the last SFI-camp for this season. It was a lot of fun today in the gymnastic arena as we had a few competitions. In the picture Giia passes over a “bar” that lied on around 170cm with a somersault. I did a bit better, as you [...]

A week ago or so I was asked to pose for a travelling agency (or suchlike) news magazine as they were making a story of difficult luggage items. They had come up with poles so I they took some pictures of me with a pole. Actually poles are quite awkward to travel with especially when [...]