The best Finnish team in Jukola 2021 relay is Helsingin Suunnistajat, who finished third.<\/p>\n
It was time to celebrate, when Olli Ojanaho, who started his orienteering career with the organizing club of this year\u2019s Jukola, Ounasvaaran Hiihtoseura, could bring his team into bronze medal position.<\/p>\n
Olli Ojanaho could leave Tampereen Pyrint\u00f6\u2019s Florian Howald behind during the last leg of the relay, but it still wasn\u2019t enough to beat Kasper Fosser and his team G\u00f6teborg IFK.<\/p>\n
Top three positions were sealed at control 19, where Olli Ojanaho made a mistake and Kasper Fosser could run away from him.<\/p>\n
Olli Ojanaho\u2019s comments during the interview by Finnish broadcasting company Yle reveal us what was going on in the forest:<\/p>\n
\u2013 Otherwise everything was under control, but one leg didn\u2019t go well. During the previous leg, I fell and hurt my knee. It took away my concentration and I lost around one minute there.<\/p>\n
For Helsingin Suunnistajat, this result is a historic moment, as last time the club finished among the top teams was in 1970, when they finished first.<\/p>\n
\u2013 The work continues. We\u2019ll try to make more and more progress, so that we will end up getting the victory in the years to come, Ojanaho said interviewed by Yle.<\/p>\n
Judging by this year\u2019s result, there\u2019s not much room for improvement, Ojanaho concluded.<\/p>\n
\u2013 When we run eight hours and end up 4 minutes behind the winners, it shows no major improvements are necessary.We had a good relay.<\/p>\n
Olli Ojanaho, who grew up in Rovaniemi, didn\u2019t feel at home in the forests around M\u00e4ntyvaara.<\/p>\n
\u2013 I have been orienteering here sometimes in my childhood, but didn\u2019t really feel like home here, Ojanaho says.<\/p>\n
The camping site in the middle of the horse-race track felt more familiar:<\/p>\n
\u2013 I have played football here.<\/p>\n
According to Ojanaho, he hasn\u2019t heard any negative comments about the organization of the event. The course itself was rather demanding:<\/p>\n
\u2013 It was really challenging out there with lots of green areas.<\/p>\n