Six championships from a tough business series tournament

Business series competitions have been tougher year by year both in Finland and in the Nordic countries, and this time too the series were not only big but also extremely strict. The competition format has also enjoyed great popularity in the gym of Taekwondo athletes, and for the first time in the PM championships, the movement series team was bigger than the match team.

In the individual classes, Plum grabbed the championship trophy to decorate his trophy cabinet at the end of a very successful day. Christian also won the championship in the freestyle series with his flying performance, showing that he is still the number one fist in the Nordics when it comes to freestyle. The taekwondo athletes were part of several pairs and groups of Team Finland and the results speak for themselves. Taekwondo athletes participated in a total of four championship pairs or groups, and there were two silver placements. You can find more detailed results at the end of the news.

Coach Heikki Liukkonen was very satisfied with the team's performance:

”TU:n kilpailijoiden suorituksia oli ilo seurata, sillä lähes jokainen esitys lavalla oli aiemmissa kilpailuissa ja harjoituksissa nähtyä terävämpää ja keskittyneempää. Normaaleja kotimaisia kilpailuja isomman kilpailun tunnelma vain nosti suoritusten tasoa! Joukkueen kasvanut kilpailukokemus alkaa näkyä myös lavan ulkopuolella, kun nuorimmista kilpailijoista lähtien kilpailusuoritukseen valmistautuminen onnistuu entistä paremmin – valmistavat alkulämmittelyt sujuvat ihailtavan omatoimisesti ja joukkuekaverit tsemppaavat toisiaan mahtavasti! Kilpailijat alkavat löytää oman itselleen sopivan tyylin valmistautua.”

All in all, the competitions were really successful in light of both the competition performances and the results. It's really easy to be satisfied with these performances!"

Teemu and Jenna as champions on the match side

The match tournament was also high-quality and the series were big. The PM competitions have clearly started to gain respect again in the Nordic countries and there were high-level teams from every country. Teemu has some kind of championship and award on his plate, but that didn't stop him from adding another championship to his trophy cabinet. Teemu tackled the familiar precisely and the opponents didn't have the right weapons to break the defense. Jenna's championship also came with clear match victories, and there was not even a moment of uncertainty as to who won the matches. Jenna's match style, physique and self-confidence start to show in matches as a really effective combination.

There were a gratifying number of taekwondo athletes in the final round, but this time Emmi, Iines, Bardia and Venne had to settle for silver. However, everyone had a great day and you can be very satisfied with the silver. With determined training, silver will turn into gold next year. Sami, Eddie and Milla each won their way to the semi-finals, but had to admit that their opponents were better there. Bronze, however, and excellent openings by all. Severi also fought very well and tactically considering that his right leg was unusable due to an injury. It was not far that Severi would have won his match with one working leg.

Big congratulations to all the medalists for both competition formats!

Results, business series

Results, match