Word: hakulinen
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...bend that added his whole upper body to his soaring surface, Finland's Matti Pietikainen made jumps of 251 and 256 feet for an easy first place. Russia scored when bantam-size (5 ft. 3 in. 120 Ibs.) Vladimir Kusin, a Leningrad student, beat Finland's Veikko Hakulinen by 26 seconds in the 30-kilometer (about 18.6 miles) cross-country race. Asked which race he preferred, Kusin answered curtly: "The ones...
...kilometer cross-country race (9.3 miles) Russia's Kusin was a prime favorite, but the indomitable Finns refused to concede. Led by Hakulinen, a 29-year-old forestry student, Finland swept the race 1-2-3-and so delighted Finnish officials that they spontaneously burst out singing their national anthem, Maamme (Our Lord) while Russia's Kusin, angrily shrugging off newsmen, stalked away...
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