Author: Sampo Pajulampi

Baltic Sea Cup final. Finland in blue with Sami Lahtinen (-58 kg, Loviisan Taekwondo), Juho Kostianen (-68 kg, TU11), Petteri Kauppinen (-80 kg, TU11) and Teemu Heino (+80 kg, TU11). Everyone can evaluate the referee's work for themselves. On the other hand, sometimes a good show is more important than the result.

At the Baltic Sea Cup tournament in St. Petersburg on Saturday, the Finns took silver. The tournament was interesting, because in the morning there were matches in all men's Olympic series in a pool of three teams. The final, on the other hand, took place in such a way that the representative of each series played against the representative of their own series for 2×1 minutes, with direct exchanges.

The Finns had good matches in the morning and cleared their way to the final. The final match was the culmination of an evening event that included martial arts demonstrations. In the final match, the judges saw the victory of St. Petersburg's first team.

Overall, the trip was exceptionally pleasant, with the Russians handling the hosting in an exemplary manner. The minibus swept along the streets of St. Petersburg as needed, and the dining tables were not spared.

Finland was represented by our club Teemu Heino (+80 kg), Petteri Kauppinen (-80 kg) and Juho Kostiainen (-68 kg) and the team was strengthened by Sami Lahtinen (-58 kg) from Loviisa Taekwondo.

The team was coached by Sampo Pajulampi and led by Markku Murto, president of the Finnish Taekwondo Association. The balance of several official and unofficial side events was quite positive and the cooperation will surely continue.

Score:

Finland Belarus 2-3

Finland-Petersburg II 4-0

Final:

Finland – Peter I 22-29

Hilla Palvianen from Espoo's Hwarang Team represented Finland at the ongoing Youth European Championships in Pafos on Thursday (October 7). In the first round, he stepped against Danish Annika Grete Hvisthule, who had to be humiliated with 10-5 points. The beginning of the match was tentative, but when Hilla caught the plot, the game was clear. In the next round, Iceland's Ingibjorg Erla Gretarsdottir was better with a score of 15-0.

"Through intensive training, Hilla has made strong progress in recent months. Of course, there is still a long way to go to the top of the world, but when you have a strong commitment to training, everything is possible," says VK1 coach Sampo Pajulampi.

On Saturday, the men's team Baltic Sea Cup invitational tournament will be held in St. Petersburg. There are teams from Russia, Korea and Finland. Among taekwondo athletes, our country is represented by Teemu Heino (+80 kg), Petteri Kauppinen (-80 kg) and Juho Kostiainen (-68 kg). The team is strengthened by Sami Lahtinen (-58 kg), representing Loviisa Taekwondo. The team's coach is Sampo Pajulampi, and the delegation also includes the chairman of the Finnish Taekwondo Association, Markku Murto.

The competition is played in a cup system, team against team. According to preliminary information, there will be 6 teams and the best parts of the tournament will be seen on television (in St. Petersburg). The scoring devices are the new KP electronic scoring devices, which have been tested in Korea for a long time.

uropean MasterGames is a multi-sport event for veteran athletes where 20 sports compete. Taekwondo is included for the first time and it was on the program on Monday 19.10.

In taekwondo, the tournament takes place in two age groups: 35-34 years old and +46 years old. In addition, athletes are divided into two categories A (competitive) and B (recreational). You may not participate in the Recreational category if you have previously participated in the World Championships or the Olympics.

VK 1 representatives:

Kirsimarja Kuutschin – Women A 35-45, under 57kg, silver

Osmo Ulmala – Men A +46, -68kg, gold

Also from Finland

Joonas Soila – Men A 35-45, over 80kg, gold

Tomi Aho – Men B 35-45, +80, ranking 5-8.

Osmo Ulmala – Jörn Christian Anderson (SWE), 4-2
SF Osmo Ulmala – Marchiano Raffaello (ITA), XX-XX
FIN Osmo Ulmala – Paoletti (ITA) 9-3
Osmo placement 1.

SF Kirsimarja Kuutschin – Antonella Merlotti (ITA) 5-3
FIN Kirsimarja Kuutscin – Agrasar Del Pillar Suarez (ESP) 0-1
Kika's ranking 2.

Event website: http://www.lignano2011.it/?lingua_sito=2
News on the website of the Taekwondo League http://www.suomentaekwondoliitto.fi/?x103997=379545

Taekwondo athletes Juho Kostiainen took bronze at the Polish Open held over the weekend.

The results of Juho's matches:

Juho – Cehlar, Ondrej (SVK) 6-0
Juho – Cybul, Bartlomiej (POL) 14-0
Juho – Wielgosz, Karol (POL) 13-1
Juho – Satsyk, Aleh (BLR) 9-9 SD 0-1

Series won by Seo, Jong Bin (KOR)

Among the Finns, Saina Savage and Tanja Pasanen also took bronze medals.

All results: http://www.tpss.nl/Resultdetail.asp?ID=54

Thanks to all visitors. Teemu Suviyö and Aapo Tuohino won a free training month in the draw, congratulations to the winners.

5.9. from then on, we train according to the normal program. There is still room in all groups. Welcome aboard!

The first trainings on the pole! The coaching center started and in addition to their own team, Osmo and Hilla were involved in the mood. Tanotorven the reporter also went to wonder about the mood.

Match training is organized as follows:

Mon 29.8. at 17:00
Wed 31.8. at 17:00
Friday 2.9. at 17:00