2024-06 NC-FIN · Kalevan Kisat · Naisten 7-ottelu
Emmi Valtonen won the women's heptathlon at the Finnish national championships on 28 June 2024 with 5426 points, 126 above the personal best she set in Reykjavik earlier that month. She led after every one of the seven events.
| # | Athlete | Points | Behind | vs. PB series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emmi Valtonen (Turun UL) | 5426 | +126 | |
| 2 | Jessica Rautelin (EsboIF) | 5330 | -96 | -250 |
| 3 | Neea Käyhkö (SavonlRiento) | 5208 | -218 | -392 |
| 4 | Eveliina Lehtola (OulunPyr) | 4870 | -556 | +161 |
| 5 | Saima Kossa (SauvUrh) | 4823 | -603 | +5 |
| 6 | Janette Hanski (KarhulanU) | 4814 | -612 | -509 |
| 7 | Laura Lepistö (Porin YU) | 4770 | -656 | -303 |
| 8 | Minttu Mattinen (LUM) | 4752 | -674 | -305 |
| 9 | Ida Ounaslehto (EsboIF) | 4742 | -684 | -97 |
| 10 | Eucabeth Kivikangas (JKU) | 4527 | -899 | -423 |
| 11 | Ronja Koivisto (TampPy) | 4492 | -934 | +36 |
| 12 | Elizabeth Fogde (MalaxIF) | 4148 | -1278 | -519 |
| DNF | Emmi Hietanen (HämeenlTarmo) | |||
| DNF | Iida Kujanpää (TampPy) | |||
| DNF | Saimi Lupala (IFRaseborg) | |||
| DNF | Vilma Väliharju (TampPy) |
Valtonen led from the opening hurdles and was never headed. The margin was 33 after that first event, 44 after the high jump and 76 after the shot; the 200m put it beyond 100, where it stayed until the closing 800m brought it back to 96.
Valtonen was first at the day break on 3338 and 145 above her own PB series. The high jump made most of it: 1.64 for 783 points, 117 more than the 1.54 in her PB series, and the hurdles gave another 35. Day 2 gave 19 back, 26 in the long jump and 9 in the javelin against 16 returned in a 2.23.81 for 772 points. Her 5426 was 126 above the series and a personal best on the 5300 she scored in Reykjavik.
Jessica Rautelin was second after every event from the shot put. She was 185 under her PB series at the day break on 3176, having lost 59 in the high jump and 79 over 200m at 25.86 against a 24.99 series mark. Day 2 lost 65 more in the long jump and javelin and returned 9 in a 2.16.38 for 873 points, the fastest closing run in the field. She finished 250 under the series.
Neea Käyhkö came in with the best pre-competition PB in the field, 5600 from Joensuu in August 2022. She was ninth after the hurdles, 107 under her own series, and fourth at the day break on 3094 and 188 under. Day 2 opened it: 5.50 in the long jump for 700 points was 221 under her series mark, the largest single loss on any of the leading sheets. The javelin took 42 more and the 800m returned 59. She finished 392 under the series and took third by 338.
Eveliina Lehtola finished fourth, and the javelin produced the gap to third: 24.94 for 381 points against Käyhkö's 613 turned a 14-point lead into a 218-point deficit, and the 800m added 120. Lehtola's own competition was 161 above her PB series, with 74 from the hurdles and 103 from a 1.61 high jump against a 1.52 series mark, and that javelin was the only large loss on her sheet at 86 under.
Four women beat their PB series, and each of those is a personal best: Lehtola by 161, Valtonen by 126, Ronja Koivisto by 36 in eleventh and Saima Kossa by 5 in fifth. Janette Hanski, the third-ranked entrant on 5323 from Vaasa in June 2021, finished sixth and 509 under her series, and Elizabeth Fogde, twelfth, 519 under.
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