Author: Pauli Raivio

The competition season was decided in the Parainen league finals on November 26, 2016 in the match and business series. The taekwondo athletes were represented by a familiar power group, and the rankings once again tell their own happy story.

The business league team's fierce competitive spirit continued

It was easy for coach Essi Labarti to smile when the poomsaeminions grabbed at least their share of the trophies on the table. The carrying capacity of Aino's bag was put to the test when he brought home gold from all four business series representations. In the individual series, Aino took care of the blue-skinned hobbyists and blue-skinned lynx series, and in the doubles series she won the gold with Espoo Hwarang Team's Mia Knutsson. Mia was also with Aino and Bella as part of the gold team in the amateur groups. In addition to all this, Aino had time to win her series on the match side and hurriedly returned to the business series field, winged by the fast upper femmes. Plum, Sofia and Bella won silver in their individual series, but it was extremely difficult for Plum in particular. The joint points with series winner Daniel Halonen from Pori were almost the same, but this time the victory for Halones was greater presentationwith points. Range of motion training continues at least as determinedly as it did in the fall until now. In the spring season, hardly anyone has a doubt where Finland's toughest business series competitors come from!

Great series wins and tight turns in the match

In the match, Taekwondo athletes had 11 representations, six of which were series victories. Henri opened the day with a cheerful match movement and good insights. Unfortunately, the points were limited due to the opponent's good protection, and Henri had to bow out. Big brother Lauri won his own series with two really great match wins. Lauri's understanding of the basic structure of the match and the utilization of point positions has developed enormously during the fall, and today I was able to reap the harvest of hard work. Sofia competed in two series in addition to her poomsae performances. Someone could even think that there are more Sofias when there was enough speed for the whole day from end to end of the competition hall. For Sofia, a loss in her second set, but an excellent fight win in the second set in the overtime. Janika, on the other hand, took silver with her familiar precise and tactical game. In the final, the package stayed together well, but the opponent still did not allow themselves to take points, so a tight 1-0 loss. Venne showed again that retreating is not part of the fighter's vocabulary. Forward movement combined with hard kicking power was Venne's recipe for series victory.

In the league series, Plum was the workhorse of the day with two series appearances. For Plum, a win in his second series and a tickling tight loss in the second final in the overtime. Plum's ability to stay focused and stick to his own game plan will go a long way. Plum himself was disappointed by the final loss, but the two league championships warmed his heart a lot. Emmi had to admit Tampere's Sini Lehto as better this time and the ranking is therefore third. Hannes showed in both of his matches what the will to win means. Hannes was in control from start to finish in the first, but the final was extremely smooth and eventful all the way to the overtime. The cheering crowd's heartbeats were at the same level as the competitors' heartbeats when the decisive point appeared on the scoreboard next to Hannes. A couple of painful hits outside the scoring area were quickly forgotten when Hannes claimed not only the tournament but also the entire league victory in his series.

The overall awards of the match league were also distributed in Paraini, but they will be reported separately when the official results are announced.

Taekwondo athletes congratulate all the medalists! This is a good way to end the season and start preparing for the next one.

p.s. The stick Emmi is holding is the award for the best match team of the Ambassador's Cup, which was awarded just now.

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