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All the Nordic Championship athletes. Photo: Matti Pyykkö
All the Nordic Championship athletes. Photo: Matti Pyykkö

Finnish Nordic Champions!

Jemmi Levonen and Matti Pyykkö won the Nordic Spearfishing Championship this weekend. Not only did Finnish athletes win the individual contest – they won the team contest as well.

The finnish athletes did really good at this years Nordic Championship.

Levonen and Pyykkö won the biggest title of them all, and can call themselves Nordic Champions of the year. Finland did also finish with top three in the males team overall and first place in women team overall. 

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Matti Pyykkö won the males Nordic Champion title with a total of 27 993 points. Photo: NDF

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Jemmi Levonen won the womens Nordic Champion title with a total of 13 385 points. Photo: NDF

A challanging championship

Rough conditions. That's the common denominator of the weekend.

The competition was all over characterized by rough sea and tough conditions, which resulted in a cancelled day one. Everyone started with clean sheets saturday morning, with a new day and a new competiton area. 

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Sophie Helena Breinholt on the Danish team. Photo: NDF 

The conditions was better on saturday and the competition could continue. The sea was tough regardless and the fish could be hard to find, which might be a reason for the fact that 16 athletes finished with no catch (marked with N/A on the results).

After up to 5 hours in the water, only 17 of the athletes came up with a catch. Photo: NDF

Still, many athletes used all the time they had at their disposal (5 hours in the water) for making the best out of the situation. That shows respect for sure!

Weighing with fish soup and curious spectators 

During the weighing on Saturday, the last competition day, Hadsel Underwater Club organized a small get together with fish soup, homemade cakes, coffee and hot chocolate for everyone.

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The local club surprised ereryone with a small snack when we arrived at the weighing. Photo: Matti Pyykkö

This was a very nice surprise to all participants and volunteers, and also for spectators and local journalists who came by this afternoon. 

All photos: NDF

The medal seremony was held later in the evening during the final dinner, and this is the final result of the championship: 

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Read about day 1 here

 

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