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...native of Helsinki. Finland, Mikkola participated in both Olympic skiing and track for his country. He began coaching track in Finland around 1910 and directed the Finnish Olympic teams in 1920 and 1924. He joined the Harvard coaching staff in 1921 as an assistant to track coach Bill Binghan. Mikkola became head track coach...
...coached the Finnish Olympic teams in 1920 and 1924, and he was awarded--among many other citations--the Order of the White Rose and the Wilskman Medal. They are the highest athletic medals that the Finnish Government awards. And they are given to only a few. Paavo Nurmi was one of them." And she went on to tell about the small white-headed man who had been an important part of the Harvard scene for over 30 years...
Gone Tomorrow . . . As the news of their work spread, they got help from unexpected sources. An Indian maharaja sent them scores of volumes about his own state. The Finnish Foreign Minister ordered an official geographer to help them, and Iran's late Premier Ali Razmara sent them a special survey he had made for the Iranian army. Some countries were not so cooperative, but the gazetteers managed nonetheless. By looking through a recent propaganda tract from Argentina, they found some of the 1947 population figures that Peron had suppressed. By combing through Soviet schoolbooks they learned a thing...
...leaders on the last lap, all but floated across the finish line to win by 10 yards over Wilt. Johansson's time (4:18.2) was understandably slow. The real rub: Purdue's Johansson might easily repeat or better his performance at Helsinki this summer-and, as a Finnish citizen, he will be running for his own country...
...Olympics, U.S. women beat some relatively easy competition to place third, outshining the U.S. men, who wound up seven notches below the Finnish champions. U.S. Olympic Coach Gene Wettstone, who calls U.S. gymnastics an "orphan sport," remains glum. Eying American prospects for Helsinki this summer, he thinks "foreign countries will probably top us again...