Update: Coronavirus, Training and School

Hi guys! It’s been a while since my last post, so I thought I’ll give you an update on what’s going on and what I have been up to during this pandemic, but first an update on confirmed cases in Finland. In Finland we have 6,568 (23th May) confirmed coronavirus cases, which isn’t that many

New chapter

The whole spring has been like a rollercoaster in my opinion. School, new coach and new training environments have been kind of stressful, but I don’t regret any of my choices. I have learned so much about myself this year, and it is only July. I have learned who I am, what I want to

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Training camp II in Mataró

In May Emilie went back to Mataró for the second time this season. She spent ten days on a training camp preparing for the national age group championships coming up next week. The preparations went well, the weather was great and both the hotel and the facilities were on a walking distance from the beach, where the evening stretching took place.

One and a half month into the season

Last weekend it was time for the annual battery of tests, where the swimmers in Emilie’s club took part in different test indoors and outdoors. Compared to the results made last year Emilie has improved a lot and one of her strengths are the kicks and especially the dolphin kicks. She has always been good

Grand Prix Challenge

The GP Challenge swimming meet was organized in Jyväskylä last week-end (from July 1st to July 3rd). Emilie took part in only a few events due to a recent acute trauma in her right knee. Still being under medical treatment and leaving out two days of training, it was very uncertain whether she would be

Emilie will represent Finland in the Nordic Youth Championships

Emilie has been selected to represent Finland in the Nordic Youth Championships in Tampere. The competition will be held the weekend of July 9th-10th, 2016. The selected national junior team Good luck in the competition! Emilie har valts till ungdomslandslaget som representerar Finland i de Nordiska Ungdomsmästerskapen i simning. Tävlingarna hålls 9-10 juli 2016 i

Happy New Year 2016!

“Page 365 of 365. Are you ready to close this year’s book?”

Premieringar

Vid ÅSKs julfest premierades både simmare och tränare i olika kategorier. För sina fina prestationer år 2015 fick Emilie presentkort för sina medalj- och poängplaceringar i IKM på både lång- och kortbanan plakat för IKM rekordet på 100 m ryggsim på 50 m banan pokal för sitt flitigt deltagande i träningarna i IKM 1-gruppen Dessutom

Slutet gott, allting gott!

Flickorna höll måttet och simmade hem en fin andra placering i lördagens stafett 4×100 m frisim F-15 år. I laget simmade Ida Konkka, Sini Silvennoinen, Emilie Pärnänen och Iida Reini. På söndagen var det sedan dags för Emilies paradsträcka, 100 m ryggsim, där Emilie blev en hel del från sitt uppställda mål. Tiden var ett

IKM på gång i Seinäjoki

Andra dagen av IKM-finalerna är snart till ända och Emilie har hittills simmat sammanlagt fyra sträckor: på fredag kvällen i ÅSK:s andra stafettlag 4×50 m medley och idag lördag 28.11 tre individuella sträckor. Efter att ha simma brons på 200 m medley och silver på 200 m ryggsim smakade det inte något vidare att ännu