Finnish women’s goalball national team player Krista Leppänen is the fifteenth writer in the Pajulahti 2017 blog.

Leppänen has been part of the national team roster since a teenager and her role has grown little by little. Now she is one of the most important parts of the home team.

In her blog entry Leppänen writes about her development to an international class player and how she copes with pressures. Her text can be read here: http://www.pajulahti2017.fi/en/blog/4541-pressure-just-gives-me-energy.

There will be total of 22 blog entries from 22 different writers in the Pajulahti 2017 blog. A new entry will be published every Wednesday and the last one will be out a week after the European Championships.

Each entry will be published both in English and in Finnish.

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

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

Pajulahti 2017 website: www.pajulahti2017.fi.

Pajulahti 2017 on Facebook: www.facebook.com/pajulahti2017.