2023-02 NC FIN - Women's Pentathlon
Vilma Itälinna won the women's pentathlon at the Finnish national championships on 16 February 2023 with 4223 points, 716 above the personal best she had set in Tallinn earlier that month. The margin was 3, and it was made in the last event.
| # | Athlete | Points | Behind | vs. PB series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vilma Itälinna (TampPy) | 4223 | +716 | |
| 2 | Neea Käyhkö (SavonlRi) | 4220 | -3 | +259 |
| 3 | Jessica Rautelin (EsboIF) | 4009 | -214 | -77 |
| 4 | Emmi Valtonen (TurunUl) | 3603 | -620 | +69 |
| 5 | Minttu Mattinen (LappUM) | 3504 | -719 | -146 |
| 6 | Laura Lepistö (PorinYU) | 3432 | -791 | -4 |
| 7 | Ronja Koivisto (TampPy) | 3391 | -832 | |
| 8 | Ida Ounaslehto (EsboIF) | 3242 | -981 | |
| 9 | Emmi Hietanen (HämeenlTa) | 3191 | -1032 | |
| 10 | Lotta Putkiranta (EspoonTa) | 3076 | -1147 | +151 |
The 800m decided it. Neea Käyhkö had led from the high jump and went to the line on 3486 with 43 on Itälinna. Itälinna ran 2.23.26 for 780 points, Käyhkö 2.26.76 for 734, and the title changed hands by 3.
Itälinna took the opening hurdles with 8.51 for 1015 points and was above her own PB series in each of the first four events: 15 in the hurdles, 12 in the high jump, 37 in the shot. Then the long jump, 6.29 for 940 points, which was worth 657 more than the long jump in her PB series had been. That single comparison accounts for most of her 716, and it left her 721 above the series with one event to run. The 800m cost 5. Her 4223 was a personal best on the 3507 she scored in Tallinn.
Käyhkö led three of the five events. She was 48 above her PB series after the high jump, 1.83 for 1016 points, and 71 after the shot, gaining a little in each. The long jump added 123 at 6.22 against a 5.82 series mark and took her to 194 above it. The 800m gave 65 more, 2.26.76 against a 2:31.89 series mark, and still lost the competition by 3. Her 4220 was 259 above the series and a personal best on the 3961 she scored in Kuopio in February 2022.
Jessica Rautelin came in with the best pre-competition PB in the field, 4086 from Jyväskylä in February 2021. She was third after every event and 125 under her own PB series going into the 800m, having lost 47 in the high jump and 54 in the long jump. She ran 2.16.01 for 879 points, the fastest closing run in the field and 48 above her series mark, and finished 77 under it.
Emmi Valtonen took fourth, 406 behind Rautelin, and the 800m produced most of the margin: Rautelin's 879 points against 627 turned a 154-point gap into 406. Valtonen's own 2.35.36 was still 79 above her series mark, the largest single gain on her sheet, and 12.36 in the shot for 685 points was worth 86 more. She finished 69 above her PB series.
Four women beat their PB series, and each of those is a personal best: Itälinna by 716, Käyhkö by 259, Lotta Putkiranta by 151 in tenth and Valtonen by 69. Minttu Mattinen, the third-ranked entrant on 3650 from Helsinki in January 2023, finished fifth and 146 under her series.
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