Word: hollo
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Greatest Race." Finns regularly win Olympic races at 3,000 metres or more. Last week three solemn Finns named Vol-mari Iso-Hollo, Gunnar Hoeckert and IImari Salminen won their specialties, the 3,000-metre steeplechase, the 5,000 and the 10,000-metre runs. With U. S. victories in the sprints and intermediate runs, outside competition centred, as usual, on the 1,500-metre race. Among 39 entrants, eight were outstanding. New Zealand had Jack Lovelock, onetime world-record miler. England had Stanley Wooderson, who had beaten Lovelock three consecutive times this year. Italy had Luigi Beccali, winner...
Steeplechase. The course in the 3,000-metre steeplechase was 3,450 metres. Officials had made a mistake in designing it. After the race judges consulted the runners who, instead of protesting for a re run, agreed to stand by the result: Volmari Iso-Hollo (Finland) first, by 70 yards, Tom Evenson (England) second, Joe McCluskey (U. S.) third...