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Teijonsalo Wins Fourth Title on the Final Day of Finnish Champs

Fanny Teijonsalo collected her fourth gold at the Finnish Short Course Championships on Sunday. Teijonsalo won the women’s 50 backstroke in a time of 27.60. Earlier in the competition she earned victories in the 50 and 100 butterfly as well as the 200 freestyle.

Jaakko Rautalin won the men’s 50 backstroke in a time of 24.84.

Two of the three races on the men’s side came down to the wire. Anton Herrala had a strong second half in the 100 freestyle overtaking Andrei Tuomola by an extremely narrow margin. Herrala won the event in a time of 48.83 followed by Tuomola who finished in a time of 48.86.

Kalle Pyykkonen had a three second lead over Eetu Piiroinen going into the final 100 meters of the 400 IM. Piiroinen made up a lot of ground in the freestyle leg of the event but did not have enough to catch Pyykkonen who hit the wall first in a time of 4:20.02. Piiroinen finished second recording a time of 4:20.56.

Laura Lajunen took the women’s 400 IM in a time of 4:45.76 five seconds ahead of the next competitor.

Hanna-Maria Seppala won the women’s 100 freestyle in a time of 54.00.

Full results can be found here.

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