The Roospuutto 2 tournament in Pori on 7.9. was a success. A strong team in the sports series took theirs and the girls of the beginners' team also brought gold to Helsinki, while the boys were left without a medal.
The Roospuutto 2 tournament in Pori on 7.9. was a success. A strong team in the sports series took theirs and the girls of the beginners' team also brought gold to Helsinki, while the boys were left without a medal.
Business series
Marita and Kirsimarja started the race day in the Over 50 Female category. Great performances from both and the result was gold for Marita and bronze for Kirsimarja, with silver very close for Kirsimarja. Next up was the Pairs Over 30 series, where Laura and Ville competed as a pair, and Marita with new partner Elia Zolfaghar (Manse). For Marita and Elia the result was fourth place, for Ville and Laura the silver medal with an annoyingly small difference of 0,01 points to the gold medallists.
After a break of one series, Laura and Ville continued to the Groups over 30 series, where they competed with their own groups. After a tough competition, gold went to Ville, Tatu Iivanainen (Mudokwai Vantaa) and Jeppe Aukio (Taekwondo Vihti) and silver to Laura, Miia Siutila (Budokwai) and Laura Wild (Mudokwai Vantaa). Laura then had another break of only one series before her individual series, Under 40 Female. Laura took the gold with a confident grip, leaving her teammates Miia and Laura to the fainter medals.
Immediately after Laura it was Sofia's turn in the pairs under 17 series with her trusted partner Lassi Kaasinen (Herttoniemi). The slightly younger competitors were no match for the experienced pair and the result was a gold medal with a clear difference. Later in the afternoon it was Sofia's turn in the individual series (Juniorit Female), which was the biggest of the ranking series. Sofia had a very solid performance already in the first round, as she advanced to the final in 2nd place, only 0,06 points behind the number one. In the final round, the level of performance remained stable as did the ranking, resulting in a silver medal.
So once again, great success to the Taekwondo athletes! Another great detail of the Pori Games was the recovery of the recently scarce judging situation, as for the first time in Finland we were able to compete with a seven-judge system, even on both mats, which is familiar from the World Championships and European Championships.
U17 female: Sofia 2.
U40 Female: Laura 1.
O50 Female: Marita 1.
Cherry series 3.
U17 Pair: Sofia & Lassi (Herttoniemi) 1.
O30 Pair: Laura & Ville 2.
Marita & Elia (Manse) 4.
O30 Team: Ville, Jeppe (Vihti), Tatu (Mudokwan) 1.
Laura, Miia (Budokwai), Laura (Mudokwan) 2.
Match
Venla 1.
Narvin 1.
Eero 5th-8th.
Anton 5-8.
Elias 5th-8th.
