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#Yleisurheilukirjallisuutta. Vuonna 2009 ilmestyi äskettäin edesmenneen seiväshyppääjän #PenttiNikula -n kirja, jonka on kynäillyt kasaan toimittaja #UrhoSalo.

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Urho Salo Seiväskomeetta Pentti Nikula
Vuodelta 2009, kovakantinen kuvakannellinen. Säilytetty kylmässä ulkovarastossa, joten sivut hieman aaltoilevat. Kansilehdellä Pentti Nikulan omiste, seuraavalla sivulla toinen omiste. Kuvien mukainen...
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November 13, 2025 at 6:11 AM
#Todaysoldtandfvideo. #YuriyLituyev broke the #400mH WR with 50.4 in the Hun v URS match in Budapest 1953. The previous mark of 50.6, set by #GlennHardin, had lasted for 19 years. From @pjvazel.

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-Qb...

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1953 Budapest 400m hurdles world record Yuriy Lituyev 50.4
YouTube video by PJ Vazel
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November 11, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Norja–Suomi-maaottelu vuonna 1933 päättyi lopulta härmäläisten ylivoimaiseen voitton 108–64.

Helsingin Sanomat 3.7.1933 digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi/sanomalehti/...

Uusi Suomi 3.7.1933 digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi/sanomalehti/...

#yleisurheilu #yuhistoria
3.7.1933 Helsingin Sanomat no 173, s. 4
-. Sanoma Oy. Sanomalehti. Kansalliskirjaston digitaaliset aineistot
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November 10, 2025 at 6:28 AM
#Flashback. The triple jump narrowly remained on the Olympic programme in 1924. Votes in favour of continuing the event split 10–8 at the IAAF Congress.

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November 7, 2025 at 7:05 AM
#Athleticsliterature. This book tells the personal story of the English champion runner #GordonPirie, who admittedly could do nothing against the #VladimirKuts steamroller.

www.amazon.com/Running-Wild...

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Running Wild
Running Wild [Pirie, Gordon] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Running Wild
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November 6, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Our #Athleticshistory series continues to explore the #trackandfield year 1930. We're checking out the #IC4A champs in the US, where future farmer #FrankConner fertilized the top of the #HT world list with a global leader.

Read the full story: sites.google.com/view/athleti...

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Athletics Track And Field - IC4A
Conner, Krenz, and Rothert on a Throwing Mood Harvard Stadium, Cambridge, MA, May 30–31, 1930
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November 5, 2025 at 6:47 AM
#Yuhistoria-riihessä jatketaan #yleisurheilu -vuoden 1930 puimista. Käymme tutkimassa Amerikassa IC4A-yliopistomestaruuskilpailuja, joissa tuleva maanviljelijä #FrankConner Yalesta veivasi #HT:n maailmantilaston kärkeen laadukkaat lannoitteet .

Lukaisepa:
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November 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Yksi viimeisistä suomalaisessa Sortavalassa käydyistä #yleisurheilu -kilpailuista järjestettiin 28.5.1944. #ViljoHeino jyräsi voittoon #XC:n SM-kisoissa, #TaistoMäki korjasi hopean.

Hufvudstadsbladet 30.5.1944 digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi/sanomalehti/...

#yuhistoria
30.5.1944 Hufvudstadsbladet no 143, s. 7
-. Hufvudstadsbladet Ab. Sanomalehti. Kansalliskirjaston digitaaliset aineistot
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November 3, 2025 at 6:11 AM
#WaydevanNiekerk recently announced his retirement from the one-lap race (#400m). At #RiodeJaneiro2016 he sped to victory and dropped a fierce WR of 43.03.

The Guardian 14.8.2016:
www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/a...

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Wayde van Niekerk smashes Michael Johnson's record to claim 400m gold
South African beats Kirani James and LaShawn Merritt to win 400m in a world record time of 43.03sec
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November 1, 2025 at 6:41 AM
#Todaysoldtandfvideo. #GabrieleReinsch throws a WR of 76.80m at Neubrandenburg in 1988, a mark unlikely to ever be broken in regular conditions.

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJRG...
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel...

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Gabriele Reinsch 76.80m WR Discus Throw
YouTube video by ColectivoDMSR
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October 29, 2025 at 6:38 AM
#Athleticsliterature Andrew Boyd Hutchinson wrote a history of #XC (The Complete History of Cross-Country Running: From the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day).

www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-His...
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October 27, 2025 at 6:12 AM
#Todaysoldtandfvideo. Guadeloupe's fastest woman, #MarieJosePerec, representing France, crushes Australia's #CathyFreeman in a tough duel at #Atlanta1996.

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy-X...

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48.25?! Marie-José Pérec's 400m Olympic Record! 🇫🇷🥇 | Throwback Thursday
YouTube video by Olympics
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October 26, 2025 at 8:41 AM
#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:
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Athletics Track And Field - USA (AAU)
Houser Doubles Up Again Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, CA, July 2-4, 1925 Yankee Stadium, New York, NY, September 14, 1925 Travers Island, NY, September 26, 1925 Lewisohn Stadium, New York, NY, October...
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October 25, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Kun välit menivät 30-luvulla poikki ruotsalaisten kanssa, niin oteltiin sitten Norjaa vastaan.

Helsingin Sanomat raportoi 1. päivästä 2.7.1933 digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi/sanomalehti/...

Uusi Suomi 2.7.1933 digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi/sanomalehti/...

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October 24, 2025 at 5:16 AM
#Todaysoldtandfvideo. #YangChuankwang, who was living in US and studying at UCLA, worked his way to a #Decathlon WR of 9,121 (8,089 according to the 1964 scoring table).

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S7J...

#athletics #athleticshistory #trackandfield #trackhistory #MtSACRelays
World Decathlon Record (1963)
YouTube video by British Pathé
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October 22, 2025 at 5:18 AM
#Flashback. #Trackandfield competitions have been held at the Royal Albert Hall in London. #CharlieGardiner won the professional 524-lap #Marathon there on Dec 19, 1909, with 2:37:01. #DorandoPietri dropped out.

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Charlie Gardiner – Lewisham’s Edwardian Marathon Champion
The marathon distance of the 26 miles 385 yards (42.195 km for you metric folks) was adopted for the 1908 London Olympics.  Originally planned for 26 miles, the route was extended to allow a start …
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October 21, 2025 at 5:15 AM
#Athleticsliterature. “Black Athletes in Britain: the Pioneers” focuses thirty-six pioneers from #LeviBaldwin to the international sprinter #EthelScott in the 1920s.

www.nuts.org.uk/trackstats/B...

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Black Athletes in Britain: the Pioneers
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October 20, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Today, we're firing up the time machine and setting the dial for 1930 to dissect the American #trackandfield season. Two world records were obliterated: #FrankWykoff in the #100y and #EricKrenz in the #DT.

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Athletics Track And Field - Meets in America
Comrade-Spirited Van Osdel Clears 2.013m – Third Best High Jump of All Time (USC v LAAC) Brix Nudges the Shot Put World Record (LAAC v USC) The Season's Best Long Relay – Stanford Edges USC (USC v Sta...
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October 19, 2025 at 11:59 AM
#Yuhistoria -sarjassa matkustetaan aikakoneella 95 vuoden taakse jatkamaan Amerikan #yleisurheilu -kauden kääntämistä ja kaulimista vuonna 1930. ME:t kosahtivat atomeiksi: #FrankWykoff 100 jaardilla, #EricKrenz limpunviskonnassa.

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October 19, 2025 at 8:12 AM
#Todaysoldtandfvideo. Two-time Olympic champion and the most dominant high jumper of her era, #IolandaBalaș, sets her first World Record with a jump of 1.75 in Bucharest 1956.

Film: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUO3...

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WORLD RECORD ROUMANIAN IOLANDA BALAS - NO SOUND
YouTube video by British Movietone
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October 18, 2025 at 6:45 AM
#Kuukaudenäänikirja -sarjassa kuunnellaan tällä kerralla #Helsinki1952 :n avajaisia.

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"Rauhanenkeli" ja Nurmi olivat Helsingin olympia-avajaisten vetonauloja
Presidentti Paasikivi avaa kisat 1952.
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October 16, 2025 at 5:14 AM
#Todaysoldtandfvideo. On this day 50 years ago, #JoaoCarlosdeOliveira from Brazil instantly burst onto the world #athletics scene by shattering the #TJ WR with a leap of 17.89m at the #PanAm1975.

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr9-...

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João Carlos de Oliveira - João do Pulo
YouTube video by Nilsondm
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October 15, 2025 at 5:46 AM