ATHLETICS.
GREAT FINNISH RUNNER. FIVE RECORDS BROKEN. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION —COP YRIGHT HELSINGFORS, Aug. 31. Nurmi, the Finnish runner who created a sensation at the recent Olympic Games, was credited with five, world’s running records to-day. His performances were as follows: 10,000 metres in 30'inin. 6 2-ssee.; four miles in 19min. 18 7-10 sec.; five miles in 24min. 13 2-5 sec. ; six miles in 29min. 7 4-ssee. —a distance of 9957 metres in half an hour.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 2 September 1924, Page 6
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