Kamga Impressed – Swedes Lead Finnkampen

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Kamga Impressed – Swedes Lead Finnkampen
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Vanessa Kamga continues to show top form. It was a victory and a Finnish Championship record for the Olympic Games five-woman in discus. The Swedish women have a two-point lead while the men are lagging behind by eleven.

Despite the season being near its end, Vanessa Kamga continues to throw far. In Helsinki, she achieved a throw of 63.46, a new record in the Finnkampen.

Was that it? God, how fun. I had it on feeling, says Kamga to SVT.

She says that her form is so good that it could even improve the Swedish record (currently 65.14) in one of the remaining competitions of the season.

In the 100 meters, there was a Swedish double. But it was a close call. Favorite Julia Henriksson was far behind at the start and could only take the lead at the end, winning with a time of 11.40.

It was the worst start of the entire season, but it was nice to get a good finish to the race, says Henriksson, who also won the short relay, where Finland was the favorite.

"Fell asleep at the start"

Nora Lindahl equaled her personal record (11.51) when she managed to take second place in the 100 meters, despite a slow start.

I fell asleep at the start. So, to get second place was really fun. It means an enormous amount with a double since it's so tight in terms of points. Every placement I can get in the "paper competition" makes a big difference, says Lindahl to SVT.

The "paper competition" refers to the season's best results for each participant, which shows that Finland should win double this year. But they would have done so last year as well, when Sweden on home ground managed to win both the women's and men's matches by the smallest possible margin.

The Swedish women are leading halfway through this year's prestigious athletics competition with 103.5-101.5. The men, on the other hand, are trailing behind with 97-108 and will have a much harder time catching up with Finland's lead.

Swedish triple

Perhaps the greatest Swedish joy was the triple in the shot put through Wictor Petersson, Jesper Arbinge, and Leo Zikovic.

It feels really good, a triple weighs heavily, we're super happy, says Petersson to SVT.

Oliver Löfqvist won the 10,000 meters after the Finnish athlete Mustafe Muuse stumbled and fell with 500 meters left. The Finnish protest was not upheld.

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