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Oskari Mörö

* 31 January 1993 Lohja

Present residence:

181 cm, 71 kg

Club: Esbo Idrottsförening

Coach: Atte Pettinen

Event: 400 m hurdles

Oskari Mörö surprised Finnish athletics fans at the 2014 European Championships in Zurich: he improved his

personal best by more than a second to reach the final in 400 metres hurdles. He made the European final again

in Amsterdam in July 2016 and finished fourth with the time of 49.24, which earned him a ticket to Rio as the

only Finnish male running athlete. Rio de Janeiro will not actually be Oskari’s first Olympic experience: in 2010 he

finished fifth in the 400-metre hurdles final at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, but was disqualified due to

faulty technique at one hurdle.

ACHIEVEMENTS:

2012 EurCh heats.

2014 EurCh 8th.

2016 EurCh 4th.

PERSONAL BEST:

49.08 (2014)

Aleksi Ojala

* 9 December 1992 Tampere

Present residence: Urjala

180 cm, 62 kg

Club: Turun Weikot

Coach: Reima Salonen

Event: 50 km race walk

Aleksi Ojala earned his ticket to Rio in March 2016 by shedding no less than 11 minutes off his personal best in a

competition at Dudince, Slovakia. That was actually only the second full 50 kilometre race in his career; he failed

to finish at the World Championships in Beijing 2015 as the heat got the better of him. Only 23, Aleksi has set his

targets to Tokyo 2020 and the Games beyond. He is coached by Reima Salonen, the 1982 European champion in

50 kilometres.

ACHIEVEMENTS:

2015 WCh dnf.

PERSONAL BEST:

3:46:25 (2016)