Gymnastics The 24-year dry season is over – Emil Soravuo mastered the World Championship bronze gymnastics bronze for Finland: “It was already time”

Emil Soravuo after a 24-year break, he raised Finnish scaffolding to the level of the World Championships when he practiced bronze on the main floor in Japan.

Espoo’s Scaffolding Soravuo gymnastically finished last in Saturday’s final and captured a record point of 14,700 in international competitions.

“In the finals, I didn’t follow the performances of the other gymnasts, but sat close to the canvas on the floor and thought about my own stuff. I was in my own world before the performance, ”Soravuo told STT by phone about Kitakyushu.

The focus on doing things worked, and Soravuo got the volt sets in place in the final.

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Success the background is a strong training period during which the coronavirus pandemic has emptied the calendar of races.

“I’ve honed my series to the point that I can go to a race every time without fear of coming to the ground in my stomach or butt. There is now certainty in gymnastics, ”Soravuo said.

“I can go out doing the set casually and enjoy the gym. Not that there is terrible stress and vibration ”.

Gravel The value of the achievement is emphasized by the fact that Finland’s previous World Championship in Scaffolding Gymnastics was Jani Tanskanen truck gold from 1997.

“It was already time,” Soravuo commented on his medal, evaluating the achievement considerably higher than the perpetual victory of the European Games in Minsk in the summer of 2019.

“It’s a good feeling now,” he said, but admitted that the achievement didn’t have time to sink into consciousness right after the final.

Even at the European Championship level, Finnish medals have been few in recent years. After the Danish World Cup gold Jari Mönkkönen gymnastically won the European Championship silver in 1998, and Tomi Tuuha won the leap in European Championship gold in 2010.

Gymnastics Association male scaffolding gymnastics manager Kasper Holopainen estimates from Japan that Soravuo exercised in the finals at his own neat level.

“Incredible performance as the final gymnast of the final and to a place like this. The record points hit a good place, ”Holopainen said.

On the World Cup platform, Italy won the gold Nicola Bartolini 14,800 points. Silver reached Japan Kazuki Minami 14,766 points.

Soravuo was the third Finn to do gymnastics at the final level in the World Championships in Japan. On Friday, his companion Robert Kirmes was 18th and big brother in the men’s sprint Oskar Kirmes 22: s. The trio is coached Mati Kirmes.

“We’ve been privileged during the pandemic because we’ve been able to train normally despite the corona. It has gone well, and the result came, ”Soravuo rejoiced.