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Number 5

The Finnish sports awards 2008 were given on Monday. I didnt expect to do too well there as the Olympics always come first. So, 5th place was a good result and its the best result an orienteer has ever gotten before. Well, okay Pasi got the same position in 2001,so…
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were equally good then. However,the list of the ten best wasnt too equal as women were just much better this year in Finland, so the guys really have to improve to get some respect;)The list and the points given by sports journalists are below. 1. Satu Mäkelä-Nummela 3798 (297) 2. Sanna Stén/Minna Nieminen 2551 (11) 3. Tero Pitkämäki 2518 (9) 4. Virpi Kuitunen 2372 (25) 5. Minna Kauppi 1937 (23) 6. Janne Ahonen 1681 (30) 7. Henri Häkkinen 1162 (-) 8. Hanna-Maria Seppälä 950 (1) 9. Leo-Pekka Tähti 925 (7) 10. Valtteri Filppula 668 (6)

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