Here's the latest entry in the Pajulahti 2017 blog as the 2017 IBSA Goalball European Championships draw closer…

Susanna Halme, a young Finnish women’s national team player, is the sixth writer in the Pajulahti 2017 blog.

Halme represented her country in the 2015 IBSA World Games and the 2015 European Championships, but the upcoming Euros in Pajulahti will be her first big event as one of the key players in the Finnish women’s team.

Halme’s entry about her preparations and thoughts before the home games can be read here: http://www.pajulahti2017.fi/en/blog/4184-hard-work-and-positive-attitude.

There will be total of 22 blog texts from 22 different writers in the Pajulahti 2017 blog. A new entry will be published every Wednesday and the last text will be out a week after the European Championships. Each text will be published in both English and Finnish.

The 2017 IBSA Goalball European Championships will be held in the Pajulahti Sports Institute, Finland, on 18–22 of September.

The previous Pajulahti 2017 blog texts can be found here: http://www.pajulahti2017.fi/en/blog.

Pajulahti 2017 website: www.pajulahti2017.fi

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