Word: kalevi
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Dates: during 1959-1959
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...young Gene adopted the Finnish jumping style of leaning forward from the ankles, found that it cut down wind resistance, gave more horizontal thrust for longer jumps. Fortnight ago in the North American championships at Squaw Valley, Calif., he came within 3.3 points of beating Finland's Kalevi Karkinen. one of the world's best. "We were all amazed," said Norway's top expert, Sigmund Ruud, after watching Kotlarek at the Holmenkollen. "The U.S. has never had a more promising jumper...
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