Word: nurmi
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Arnason, a native of Grand Forks, N.D., said he has been running up to 75 miles a week to prepare for today. A pole-vaulter who discovered the Boston Marathon his freshman year, Arnason went back West to qualify--at the Paavo Nurmi Marathon last August (his time: 2:57). Like Kraus, Arnason wants to bring his time down about ten minutes or so, into...
Died. Paavo Nurmi, 76, Finland's legendary long-distance runner who won seven individual gold medals in three Olympiads (during the 1920s), of heart disease; in Helsinki. As a poor youngster, Nurmi worked in a foundry and ran 50 miles a week to develop his stamina. With long, flowing strides, "the Flying Finn" streaked through his decade, setting 28 world marks and dominating every distance race from 1,500 meters to the 26-mile marathon. Disqualified from the 1932 Olympics for "professionalism," he returned bitterly to Finland and made a fortune in the construction business...
...another broken 28 world freestyle and butterfly records. That spectacular string of victories continued as the XX Olympiad got under way last week. Spitz led a green but able young American team into the competition with an incandescent performance that ranks with the legendary triumphs of Jim Thorpe, Paavo Nurmi and Jesse Owens...