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Geb Mo

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

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#yleisurheilu #yuhistoria #PV

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

Geb Mo

@gebmo.bsky.social

#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...

#athletics #athleticshistory #trackandfield #trackhistory

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

Geb Mo

@gebmo.bsky.social

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

Geb Mo

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#Todaysoldtandfvideo. #JanuszKusocinski leaves #VolmariIsoHollo and #LasseVirtanen behind on the last lap at #LosAngeles1932. For the first time, the Finns are beaten in the Olympic #10000m.

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#athletics #athleticshistory #trackandfield #trackhistory

WIELKIE chwile polskiego sportu na letnich IGRZYSKACH! Kusociński, Kozakiewicz, Włodarczyk...

YouTube video by TVP Sport

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November 8, 2025 at 7:08 AM

Geb Mo

@gebmo.bsky.social

#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.

#athletics #athleticshistory #trackandfield #trackhistory #TJ

November 7, 2025 at 7:05 AM

Geb Mo

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#Athleticsliterature. This book tells the personal story of the English champion runner #GordonPirie, who admittedly could do nothing against the #VladimirKuts steamroller.

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#athletics #athleticshistory #trackandfield #trackhistory

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

Geb Mo

@gebmo.bsky.social

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

Geb Mo

@gebmo.bsky.social

#Yuhistoria-riihessä jatketaan #yleisurheilu -vuoden 1930 puimista. Käymme tutkimassa Amerikassa IC4A-yliopistomestaruuskilpailuja, joissa tuleva maanviljelijä #FrankConner Yalesta veivasi #HT:n maailmantilaston kärkeen laadukkaat lannoitteet .

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November 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM

Geb Mo

@gebmo.bsky.social

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

Geb Mo

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#Todaysoldtandfvideo. A classic triathlon of master runners: #HichamelGuerrouj defeats #KenenisaBekele and #EliudKipchoge in the #5000m at #Athens2004.

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUzh...

#athletics #athleticshistory #trackandfield #trackhistory

5000m finale des Jeux Olympiques d’Athènes 2004 El Guerrouj vs Bekele vs Kipchoge

YouTube video by jbcoach

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November 2, 2025 at 9:23 AM

Geb Mo

@gebmo.bsky.social

#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...

#athletics #athleticshistory #trackandfield #trackhistory

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

Geb Mo

@gebmo.bsky.social

#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...

#athletics #athleticshistory #trackandfield #trackhistory #DT

Gabriele Reinsch 76.80m WR Discus Throw

YouTube video by ColectivoDMSR

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October 29, 2025 at 6:38 AM

Geb Mo

@gebmo.bsky.social

#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

Geb Mo

@gebmo.bsky.social

#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...

#athletics #athleticshistory #trackandfield #trackhistory

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

Geb Mo

@gebmo.bsky.social

#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...

#athletics #trackandfield #trackhistory

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...

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October 25, 2025 at 6:48 AM

Geb Mo

@gebmo.bsky.social

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/...

#yleisurheilu #yuhistoria

October 24, 2025 at 5:16 AM

Geb Mo

@gebmo.bsky.social

#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

Geb Mo

@gebmo.bsky.social

#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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#athleticshistory #athletics

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

Geb Mo

@gebmo.bsky.social

#Athleticsliterature. “Black Athletes in Britain: the Pioneers” focuses thirty-six pioneers from #LeviBaldwin to the international sprinter #EthelScott in the 1920s.

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#athletics #athleticshistory #trackandfield #trackhistory

Black Athletes in Britain: the Pioneers

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October 20, 2025 at 5:15 AM

Geb Mo

@gebmo.bsky.social

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 #athleticshistory #trackhistory

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

Geb Mo

@gebmo.bsky.social

#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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