pikamatka

pika- (“quick, fast, express”) +‎ matka (“distance”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈpikɑˌmɑtkɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑtkɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pi‧ka‧mat‧ka

pikamatka

1. sprint (short race at top speed)

What is regarded as pikamatka depends very much on sport. In running it's anything less than 500 meters, whereas in cross-country skiing men's 15 kilometers is traditionally referred to as pikamatka. Since roughly year 2000 the organizers of skiing events have developed more audience-friendly, short-distance races called "sprint" in English, which are called sprintti or sprinttikisa in Finnish.

• sprintti

• “pikamatka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03