Several surprising mistakes occurred in the final performance.
Finland the women's cheer team had to settle for bronze in the World Cup finals in Orlando, USA, the night before Saturday Finnish time.
The difference in points between the winning USA and the silver medalist Sweden was clear, according to the Finnish Cheerleading Federation in the bulletin was stated.
In the semifinals, the Finnish team still had a top performance, but in the finals, the ranking fell two places lower.
According to the association, several surprising mistakes were made in the final performance. Several stunts were dropped in the program, which is why, according to the association's press release, the overall appearance seemed clearly more uncertain than the semi-final performance.
“There was an unfortunate amount of mistakes in the final draw, and it was clearly not a program of our level. But as is often said, this is sport”, the team captain Emmi Reenkola said according to the union's press release.
Finland's score was 82.93. Sweden was almost six points ahead of Finland, and the United States was almost ten points ahead.
“We clearly had more mistakes than Sweden and the Yankees. These positions shouldn't have gone the other way,” commented the team's second captain Tuuve Häkkinen print in the association's bulletin.
Despite the medal position, Finland's ranking was the weakest in years. Finland dominated the world championship in 2018–2022. Last year, Finland won silver.
Finland's national cheerleading team took fourth place on Friday, Finnish time. Finland also won three medals in the junior series of the World Championships.
Correction 27.4. 6:45 a.m.: Removed from the article a photo that was mistakenly claimed to be the Finnish cheerleading team.
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