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2001 -

02/09/2001 - Swedish match - FINAL DAY RESULTS & SCORES

01/09/2001 - FINLAND VERSES SWEDEN Vasala and Holmen -10,000m 1,2! LIVE RESULTS

24/08/2001 - Holmen runs 10,000m personal best.

19/08/2001 - 5,000m man Samuli VASALA runs 3:38.39 minutes for 1,500m

24/07/2001 - FINNISH TEAM FOR EDMONTON

23/07/2001 - Lapinlahti results - Harju 20.98m! in super shot battle

09/07/2001 - FIRST EDMONTON TEAM SELECTIONS

08/07/2001 - TOMPURI - 69.62m FINNISH DISCUS RECORD

08/07/2001 - FINNISH CHAMPS - FINAL DAY :WOMEN: Mia Strömmer 66.89m hammer Teija Saari 4.00m pole vault ; MEN: Johan Meriluoto 17.04m triple jump; Parviainen 83m javelin

07/07/2001 - Finnish Champs - latest: Heli Koivola triple jumps over 14 metres again; 8 metres men's long jump; Manninen runs "A" standard; Karjalainen easy hammer win

06/07/2001 - Finnish Champs - latest: Karlsson shot victor - 20.49m

02/07/2001 - Great results from Carnivals - eight men over 80m in Javelin, four over 20m in shot and six over 60m in discus!

25/06/2001 - FINNISH MEN PROMOTED TO EUROPEAN CUP SUPER LEAGUE, as Parviainen throws world lead and Hartonen breaks national 100m record!

17/06/2001 - Good throwing in Kuortane

15/06/2001 - ASICS HELSINKI GRAND PRIX REPORT

03/06/2001 - Greece: Hartonen's 200m win; Eurojoki: Narhi throws 84m in javelin and Karlsson is over 20m again in shot.

01/06/2001 - Good results from Espoo: Ville Tiisanoja 20,48m; Conny Karlsson 20,45m

20/05/2001 - Parviainen defeats Zelezny in the Golden Javelin.

19/05/2001 - Vasala, Utriainen and Sandell are National XC champions

16/05/2001 - Zelezny verses Parviainen in the Golden javelin meet this Sunday.

22/04/2001 - Janne Holmén 2.16.20 hrs (debut) in Rotterdam marathon

25/03/2001 - HAMMER - Mia Strömmer 1st 69.63m National record; Karjalainen - 78.66m in South Africa.

03/03/2001 - Huge New Finnish men's 60m record of 6.59 secs

25/02/2001 - Finland beats Sweden in women's indoor match. Finnish triple jump record.

08/02/2001 - NEWS FLASH - Arsi Harju to miss Indoor season.

2000-

10/12/2000 - EUROPEAN XC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Finnish junior women's team take fifth place

13/11/2000 - Kari Sinkkonen is appointed as Head of Distance running.

08/11/2000 - 1995 World 50km walk champion VALENTIN KONONEN retires.

03/09/2000 - FINLAND v's SWEDEN FINLAND WIN WOMENS & GIRLS MATCH; SWEDEN WIN MENS & BOYS. Full results click here- Suomi - Ruotsi - maaottelu 2000

30/08/2000 - Olli-Pekka Karjalainen 80m victory in Greece.

21/08/2000 - FINNISH CHAMPIONSHIPS - Multi eventers, Kirwa, Parviainen, and shot putters star in Lahti!

15/08/2000 - Full Lappeenranta Results + NEWS FLASH - MIKA HALVARI SNAPS ACHILLES TENDON!

02/08/2000 - TURKU ELITE GAMES RESULTS 02/08/2000 now available - Meriluoto & Harju get Olympic standard.

24/07/2000 - TWO NEW FINNISH RECORDS: Men's high Jump and women's javelin!

17/07/2000 - FINNISH 100 METRES RECORD + PARVIAINEN OVER 90M AGAIN + FINNISH WOMENS' HAMMER RECORD - Lapinlahti 16/07/2000

10/07/2000 - EUROPA CUP, Division One, Oslo - Javelin: Parviainen throws 89.88 and in Hammer: Karjalainen goes over 80 metres.

FULL EUROPA CUP RESULTS, CLICK HERE

07/07/2000 - High Jump: Toni HUIKURI gets Olympic qualifciation mark.

05/07/2000 - Finnish Europa Cup team announced.

24/06/2000 - Parviainen throws 90 metres but is beaten + Ingberg sets new women's record!

23/06/2000 - NEW FINNISH RECORDS: Men's 100m & Women's hammer.

20/06/2000 - PARVIAINEN THROWS 90.80m WORLD LEADING MARK.

15/06/2000 - ERICSSON GRAND PRIX, HELSINKI: For full results click here to go to Finnish Federation site then scroll down until you come to Ericsson 15/06.

11/06/2000 - Shot - Jani Illikainen 20.12m; 800m - Wilson Kirwa 1:45.95mins; Javelin Hakkarainen 84m; High Jump Forsen 2.27m; Long Jump Halkoaho 6.73m

04/06/2000 - Tiia Hautala 6219 pts for Olympic qualification.

03/06/2000 - Esko Mikkola and Tytti Reho win NCAA titles.

13/05/2000 - Timo TOMPURI throws discus 65.13m in Espoo.

19/04/2000 - Sandell 2:35 marathon debut in Boston; Wahlman throws hammer 76.60m for Olympic qualification.

26/03/2000 - SANDELL - Finnish Half Marathon Record; KARJALAINEN -79.63 metres Hammer throw; KONONEN - 3:39.36hrs for Finnish 50km walk record/6th world all-time.

18-19/03/2000 - Finnish results at World Cross Champs.

14/03/2000 - Top Finnish javelin throwers at warm weather training camps.

08/03/2000 - Finnish Cross Country Trials and World Championship Team Announced.

27/02/2000 - Timo Aaltonen takes European Indoor silver medal in men's shot; Kirwa is 4th in 800 metres and Hautala is 4th in women's Pentathlon.

18/02/2000 - FINNISH TEAM FOR EUROPEAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, Gent, Belgium.

14/02/2000 - FINNISH INDOOR CHAMPS - National records for Kirwa and Bosco. Halvari over 21 metres.

07/02/2000 - TAMPERE INDOOR GAMES ( Star's Games) HALVARI throws 22.09 metres for national indoor shot record and World Lead. Also, Oskari FROSEN jumps 2.30m for new national indoor record.

30/01/2000- KILPELAINEN sets new Finnish women's indoor triple jump record.

29/01/2000- SANDELL goes for the Boston Marathon.

24/01/2000- JANUARY: latest monthly news bulletin

1999 -

12/12/99 - Turo Inkilainen wins Bronze at European XC Championships

12/11/99 - Matti Narhi's achilles operation is successful

12/11/99 - Large Finnish squad travels to Sydney for site visit and training.

21/10/99 - Taina Uppa joins Leo Pusa.

05/10/99 - Annemari Sandell opts for marathon in Sydney Olympics and Heli Rantanen splits from her coach Leo Pusa.