Orientation | For Stora Tuna Fifth consecutive Jukola relay victory – the Finnish team ended a 45-year wait with its third place

Great Tuna was in a class of her own in the relay, as the anchor of the team Emil Svensk came to the finish line almost 12 minutes ahead of the second-placed Swedish OK Linné team.

In Kauhava, the best Finnish team was Ikaalisten Nouseva-Voima in third place. Tampere’s Pyrintö was fourth, Joensuu’s Kalevan Rasti fifth, Helsinki’s Suunnistajat eighth and Tampere’s Koovee ninth.

Orienteering in the ranks of Stora Tuna from Borlänge Olle Kalered, Joakim Svensk, Jesper Svensk, Ville Johansson, Henrik Johannesson, Viktor Svensk and Emil Svensk. The Svenskis are brothers.

On Saturday, Stora Tuna won the women’s Venlo relay.

Of the Icals Nouseva-Voima had reached the podium in the Jukola relay last time 45 years ago, in 1979.

In the Ikaal team, they now navigated in order Juho Ylinen, Mikko Knuuttila, Joona Huila, Mikko Siren, Tuomas Kotro, Teemu Oksanen and Eetu Savolainen.