Tänään 100 vuotta sitten voitti #VilleRitola USA:n #XC-mestaruuden kolmannen kerran Van Cortlandtin puistossa New Yorkissa. Kaupunkitarinan mukaan Ritola oli valmistatunut kisaan edellisenä yönä salakapakassa, joita amerikansuomalaist kutsuivat koiratorpiksi.

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Athletics Track And Field - USA (AAU) Houser Doubles Up Again Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, CA, July 2-4, 1925Yankee Stadium, New York, NY, September 14, 1925Travers Island, NY, September 26, 1925Lewisohn Stadium, New York, NY, October...

#VilleRitola of Finnish–American Athletic Club won the US championship in the 10-mile at Lewisohn Stadium in New York today 100 years ago.

Just take a look at our short piece on the 1925 US Championships:
sites.google.com/view/athleti...

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The Evening Independent - Google News Archive Search

Evening Independent, April 20, 1925 news.google.com/newspapers?i...

Kalle Virtapohja, April 19, 2015 (in Finnish) aamulenkki.blogspot.com/2015/04/paav...

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#Todaysoldtandfvideo. #PaavoNurmi competes in his first outdoor race of his Am. tour in 1925, facing #VilleRitola in the #3000m in Chicago. R. sets the pace, but N. pulls away in the final laps.

Film: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkQo...

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