WONDERFUL ATHLETE.
RECORDS HELD BY NURMI. When Paavo Nurmi recently made a new world's record for two miles in 8m 6& l-5s ho placed all the world's records ftOTD one mile to six miles to his credit. They are, respectively, as follows4m 10 2-ss, 8m 59 l-ss, 14m 11 l-ss, ISrn l.'j 3-ss, 24m 6 l-5s and 29m 59 2-ss. He a'lso 'holds the 10-milss record at 50m 35s »:ad the one-hour record run of 11 miles 1548; yards. A rnn of 12 miles an hour c'bonld not be impossible for hlrou
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20991, 30 September 1931, Page 14
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92WONDERFUL ATHLETE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20991, 30 September 1931, Page 14
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