2023-07 NC-FIN · Kalevan Kisat · Naisten 7-ottelu
Neea Käyhkö won the women's heptathlon at the Finnish national championships on 20 July 2023 with 5477 points, 123 under the personal best she set in Joensuu in August 2022. One woman in the field of fourteen finished above her PB series.
| # | Athlete | Points | Behind | vs. PB series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neea Käyhkö (SavonlRiento) | 5477 | -123 | |
| 2 | Vilma Itälinna (TampPy) | 5331 | -146 | -372 |
| 3 | Emmi Valtonen (Turun UL) | 5046 | -431 | -130 |
| 4 | Ida Ounaslehto (EsboIF) | 4839 | -638 | +220 |
| 5 | Saimi Lupala (IFRaseborg) | 4819 | -658 | -121 |
| 6 | Emmi Hietanen (HämeenlTarmo) | 4694 | -783 | -13 |
| 7 | Minttu Mattinen (LUM) | 4690 | -787 | -367 |
| 8 | Eveliina Lehtola (OulunPyr) | 4555 | -922 | -94 |
| 9 | Laura Lepistö (Porin YU) | 4472 | -1005 | -601 |
| 10 | Sanni Säntti (IlmajKisailijat) | 4330 | -1147 | -515 |
| 11 | Janette Hanski (KarhulanU) | 4208 | -1269 | -1115 |
| 12 | Lotta Putkiranta (Espoon Tapiot) | 3924 | -1553 | -606 |
| 13 | Anna Pyykkö (OrPo) | 3759 | -1718 | -289 |
| 14 | Elizabeth Fogde (MalaxIF) | 3556 | -1921 | -1111 |
| DNF | Jessica Rautelin (EsboIF) |
The javelin decided it. Vilma Itälinna had taken the lead back over 200m and held it through the long jump, 4115 with 20 in hand. Käyhkö threw 36.74 for 605 points, Itälinna 28.95 for 457, and the lead changed to 4700 and 128. The 800m took it to 146.
Käyhkö led the high jump and the shot, and was second at the day break on 3297 and 15 above her own PB series, the shot worth 66 of it at 11.21 for 609 points against a 10.21 series mark. Day 2 lost 138. The long jump cost 123 at 5.83 against a 6.23 series mark, the largest single loss on her sheet, and the javelin 50 even as it gave her the lead. She closed with 2.23.45 in the 800m for 777 points and 35 above her series. She finished 123 under it.
Itälinna came in with the best pre-competition PB in the field, 5703 from Tampere in May of the same year. She took the opening hurdles with 13.60 for 1036 points and led day 1 on 3308, but 160 under her own PB series, one event responsible: 1.55 in the high jump for 678 points, 105 under the 1.64 in her series. Day 2 lost 212 more, 111 in the long jump and 73 in the javelin. She finished 372 under the series and 146 behind.
Emmi Valtonen was third or fourth after every event. She matched her PB series exactly in the hurdles and was 48 above it at the day break on 3208, with 1.61 in the high jump worth 69 above the series. Day 2 lost 178: 103 in the long jump at 5.23 against a 5.59 series mark, 34 in the javelin and 41 in the 800m. She finished 130 under.
Ida Ounaslehto took fourth, 207 behind Valtonen. She had closed to 79 after the javelin, having been 314 behind at the day break, and the 800m reopened it: Valtonen ran 739 points to her 611. Ounaslehto's own 2.36.69 was still 156 above her series mark, and her 220 above her PB series is a personal best on the 4619 she scored in Tampere in May.
Jessica Rautelin, the third-ranked entrant on 5580 from Joensuu in August 2016, was third on 3217 after the 200m and 144 under her own PB series, and did not start the long jump.
Ounaslehto was the only woman in the field to beat her PB series, by 220, and it came almost entirely from day 2: 75 in the javelin at 38.11 for 631 points and 156 in the 800m. Emmi Hietanen, sixth, came closest to hers at 13 under. Janette Hanski, eleventh, finished 1115 under her series and Elizabeth Fogde, fourteenth, 1111 under.
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