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Flying Finn – A lifetime in one hour. Paavo Nurmi is considered the greatest runner of all time. He was known as “The King of Runners” or the “Flying Finn”. Famous all over the world, Nurmi became an unending source of national pride for the newly independent Finland. Paavo Nurmi was driven by love of running. He had a burning will to ...
2 de sept. de 2023 · Close finish. Juho Pietari "Hannes" Kolehmainen was born in Kuopio, Finland. He won the 5000m and 10,000m track double at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, and took gold in the individual cross country and a silver medal in the team category. Most notably the Finn beat France's Jean Bouin in an epic 5000m, winning by barely half a metre.
The 1998 season produced one of the closest championship deciders at the final round in Japan. It produced McLaren's last constructor's championship to date, but the first driver's championship for, as in the title, the Flying Finn Mika Hakkinen.
1998 Formula 1 World Championship - Flying Finn First at Finish 1998 FIA Formula One World Championship Season Review (1998) • Film + cast • Letterboxd Letterboxd — Your life in film
26 de feb. de 2024 · The five gold medals won by one of the greatest Olympic champions in history will return to Paris in March for the first time since they were won in the French capital a century ago. ... The press called him “The Flying Finn”, “The Phantom Finn” or “The Finnish Running Marvel”. In the 1920s, Paavo Nurmi, ...
Flying Finn First at Finish; Flying Finn First at Finish . 1998 . VHS . Various non-fiction . Official Review of the FIA Formula One World Championship, The . Enlarge image. Flying Finn First at Finish. Catalogue information. LastDodo number. 2686803. Area. DVD / Video / Blu-ray. Item title.
Paavo Johannes Nurmi was a Finnish middle-distance and long-distance runner. He was called the "Flying Finn" or the "Phantom Finn", as he dominated distance running in the 1920s. Nurmi set 22 official world records at distances between 1,500 metres and 20 kilometres, and won nine gold and three silver medals in his 12 events in the Summer Olympic Games.
