Decathlon Blog

I am rather satisfied with my today’s performances. The hundred meters was this summer’s best run for me. My time 11,71 with wind -1,2 is in par or better than what I did with tailwind on my back in the Finnish champs (11,58). Decathlon continued well with a season best on long jump; 677 (+2,0). [...]

My last decathlon for this season takes place in Woerden - Netherlands this weekend. You can follow the Woerden competitions almost in real time via the forecasting result service for combined events. Results are updated most likely after each event.
Woerden has been an important competition for me in the past years as in the Autumn [...]

Weather was better today and gave more spirit to do good performances. Two hurdles training sessions per week after the Kalevan Kisat seem to have payed off. Today my time was 16,42 (+2,7) and the running feels already better although I felt somewhat tired today and running was not on the best level. It starts [...]

Rainy and cold weather changed my targets drastically today at NÅID area championships in Loviisa. Original idea was to make good performances and get competition starts that I have been lacking this summer. I ended up just taking results in my three events: long jump 622, shot put 11,61 and high jump 170. The time [...]

Forecasting result service for combined events will be available in the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008. The service is now ready for the games. Women’s heptathlon will start on the first athletics competition day, that is on Friday August 15. Men’s decathlon will start a week after on Thursday August 21. The service will be [...]

Friday and Saturday were held the Svenska Finlands Idrottsförbund (SFI) championships in Sipoo. I competed in the maximum number of events; meaning three per day. For Friday I chose events that one can do even when tired. I picked javelin, shot put and 400m hurdles. Javelin flew only to 44.82 and shot put to 11.71. [...]