The league finals ended the competition season for both competition formats at the familiar Maaniitu school in Nurmijärvi. Big hats off to the entire team of Taekwondo athletes who have been around all the competitions of the year reaping success. Of course, the coaching team and the ever-reliable maintenance crew also deserve their thanks.

Here's a race report about the great moments of the day, as well as a list of results at the end. You can read about our club's success in the competition leagues as a whole later in your own news.

If you want to go back to the best moments of the competition, all the live streams can be found here: https://www.taekwondonurmijarvi.fi/kalenteri/liigafinaalit-2017/livestream/

The mood is on the roof until the end of the day on the side of the match

The matches of the day were fast-paced, entertaining and thrillingly exciting until the last few seconds. One of these heart-pumping matches in the stands was the Lassi final in the morning, where points were hunted all the way to the overtime. Lassi's cool-headed solution and faith in his own tactics brought the decisive points home and the gold medal around Lassi's neck. Aleksandr and Markus also gave their own kind of show, who made their way to the mutual finals on both sides of their charts. This time the kick rally was decided in favor of Aleksandr. Kian and Aleksi also took a similar mutual twist, from which Kian emerged as the winner. Among the morning's top performances, Alina's series victory earned with three clear wins also deserves a mention. Alina's tactical understanding and reaching kicks were simply too much for the opponents.

In the afternoon in the league series, Taekwondourheiijat was, as usual, comprehensively represented, especially on the cadet side. The day culminated in a super fast-paced match between Aino and Doboksport's Viiv, during which the atmosphere and volume of the competition venue hit the roof. A sad one-point loss for Aino, but this should be understood because the match was already Aino's fourth in a row. The power girls Jenny, Iines, Aino and Sofia were real workaholics, only quickly changing the color of their armor after the start of a new match, always after the previous one. In particular, Jenny's day as a whole was wonderful, and her good performance led to victory in the -37kg category. Plum and Lauri faced each other again in the mutual final. Plum's precise clicks brought home the win this time, but an excellent day from Lauri as well. Venne's kicks sowed terror in the -33kg series, and the opponents didn't really have the keys to get around them. A great series win and quite a clear one. Tuikku showed his skills again by taking the cadets' -51kg series as usual with tactically mature and confident solutions. Severi's legs showed the same relaxed grip as in Vantaa, but after two clear victories, the final unfortunately went to Otso of Budokwa. Kian and Teresa tested their wings for the first time on the cadet mats. Apprenticeships were still paid this time, but there was certainly plenty of hunger left for the first season.

All in all, a great day on the match mats. Great performances and self-surpasses were also seen from those contestants who were not mentioned in the news. See you at the gym and continue developing together!

- Paul

Strong and confident performances in business series

On the business side, Taekwondo athletes were represented by Sofia, Victori, Bella, Alex, Tiitu, Plum, Aino and Sara. As a coach, it was a real pleasure to watch the performances of all the competitors, when all the competitors managed to make very good performances today. The level of performance was also reflected in the number of medals and standings. Another thing that warmed the coach's mind was seeing the improvement in level of all competitors during the fall. Level up was seen as more confident performances in all competitors, although the excitement of the competition tickled the bottom of the stomach a little more for others. The action was clearer, calmer and more power had been conjured up in both kicks and hand techniques.

This is really good to continue training towards the spring games and as a coach you can be really proud when we have such good competitors in our company.

- Peter

All results

Match, children and enthusiasts

Rival	Series	Investment
Noah Buri	E1 -30kg	3.
Alisa Väisänen	E1 -30kg	3.
Alexander Gorbachev	D2 -30kg	1.
Markus Liuko	D2 -30kg	2.
Priya Negi	D2 -40kg	3.
Lassi Holopainen	D1 -30kg	1.
Aleksi Koskelainen	C2 -50kg	2.
Kian Nowrouzi	C2 -50kg	1.
Atte Kortelainen	C2 -56kg	2.
Essi Kortelainen	C2 -58kg	3.
Teresa Vepsä	C2 -58kg	3.
Alina Shor	B2 -63kg	1.
Risto Hyvärinen	H1 +80kg	3.

Match, league series

Competitor/coach	Series	Investment
Venne Viitaniemi	C1 -33kg	1.
Luca Leskinen	C1 -37kg	5.-8.
Venne Viitaniemi	C1 -37kg	5.-8.
Kian Nowrouzi	C1 -45kg	5.-8.
Plum Duplicator	C1 -49kg	1.
Lauri Hulikkala	C1 -49kg	2.
Lauri Hulikkala	C1 -53kg	3.
Iines Korhonen	C1 -33kg	3.
Aino Kortelainen	C1 -33kg	2.
Jenny Vettenniemi	C1 -33kg	3.
Sofia Sarala	C1 -33kg	5.-8.
Iines Korhonen	C1 -37kg	3.
Aino Kortelainen	C1 -37kg	3.
Jenny Vettenniemi	C1 -37kg	1.
Janika Tatti	C1 -41kg	5.-8.
Sara Quinones	C1 -51kg	5.-8.
Tuikku Holopainen	C1 -51kg	1.
Teresa Vepsä	C1 -55kg	3.
Plum Duplicator	B1 -51kg	3.
Severi Sarala	B1 -68kg	2.
Tuikku Holopainen	B1 -49kg	3.
Emilia Lahti	B1 -55kg	3.
Sami Leskinen	R1 -63kg	2.

Business series

Rival	Series	Investment
Plum Duplicator	Cadets	2.
Aino Kortelainen	Cadets	2.
Sara Quinones	Cadets	4.
Plum Kopisto & Mia Knutsson (EHT)	U17 pairs	2.
Sara, Helmi (Pori) and Mia (EHT)	U17 groups	2.
Christian Kamphuis	U30
Christian, Olli (Budokwai), Frans (Budokwai)	U30 groups	1.
Tiitu Sipilä	Hobbyist green	1.
Bella Buri	Hobbyist blues	1.
Victoria Hentunen	Hobbyist blues	2.
Alex Jurgens	Hobbyist blues	1.
Sofia Sarala	Hobbyist-red-black	1.
Alex Jurgens	The children are blue
Bella Buri	The children are blue	1.
Victoria Hentunen	The children are blue	3.
Sofia Sarala	Children red and black	1.
Bella & Victoria	Upper pairs	1.
Tiitu and Aino Kangasmaa (Lohja)	The lower pairs	1.
Bella & Victoria	A couple of children	1.
Bella, Victoria, Sofia	Enthusiast groups	1.