In Venla Relay the third place was conquered by a Finnish team, Tampereen Pyrintö. The members of the team were Heidi Haapasalo, Riina Kuuselo, Saila Kinni and Anni-Maija Fincke as the anchor.

The first leg’s competitor, experienced Heidi Haapasalo wanted to press on interviev that team is from Tampere Finland and it has good co operation and team practise together. “It was important that the first leg succeeded, it was the basic for the whole competition. The team was in the 18^th position after first leg.

The Second leg’s competitor Riina Kuusela has suffered some injuries, but now it seems better. She started her own leg in good position and Tampereen Pyrintö was in the second position after the leg.

Salla Kinni, who was the competitor in the third leg was able to run alone from the good position. At the end of the leg she lost time about one minute, but was in the fifth position, which was good for the anchor. “The rest of the leg felt long”, Kinni commented.  

The anchor of the team Anni-Maija Fincke told that she only thought about the orienteering, not winning. “I tried to be quite calm”, said Fincke.

The team thought that the terrain was quite demanding and was happily surprised about the position.