The 10,000-metre championship of the Olympic Games. Willie Ritola (No, 800) leads Paavo Nurmi (No. 797), and E. Wide (No. 866). Nurmi's right hand is clenched over his stop-watch. Wide, of Sweden, always has a handkerchief wound round his outside hand. Ritola’s face, with its high cheekbones, prominent teeth, and slightly-receding chin, show more signs ot exhaustion than he really felt. Nurmi ran a little out from the pole, ir the straight, to make sure that Wide should not get past easily and take the lead.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 477, 5 October 1928, Page 6
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86The 10,000-metre championship of the Olympic Games. Willie Ritola (No, 800) leads Paavo Nurmi (No. 797), and E. Wide (No. 866). Nurmi's right hand is clenched over his stop-watch. Wide, of Sweden, always has a handkerchief wound round his outside hand. Ritola’s face, with its high cheekbones, prominent teeth, and slightly-receding chin, show more signs ot exhaustion than he really felt. Nurmi ran a little out from the pole, ir the straight, to make sure that Wide should not get past easily and take the lead. Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 477, 5 October 1928, Page 6
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