As hopes grow for the reopening of the ex-Hartwall Arena, another venue scheme has taken a major leap forward in Finland's ...
With the merger with Paralympic medallists and a forthcoming book setting the direction for the organisation, the Finnish ...
The Royal Oak High School science teacher and boys’ track and field and cross country coach made his way to Helsinki, Finland ...
Still in use and recently renovated, the Olympic Stadium is a famous Helsinki landmark and home to the Sports Museum of Finland. A shining example of modern Finnish architecture and an abiding symbol ...
The Swimming Stadium, which hosted the swimming, diving and water polo competitions at Helsinki 1952, is located just 200 metres east of the Olympic Stadium. Construction began in 1939, in preparation ...
The shoes have the personal touch of the initials ‘YM’ and the number ‘3000’ stitched on the outer side of each heel ...
The following year, she won the British women’s high jump title and was selected for the Olympic Games in Helsinki ... competitions of the Games. In the stadium, every one of the 103,000 ...
On the last day of the 1987 Rome World Championships in Athletics, former President Daniel arap Moi arrived at the Olympic Stadium unannounced and without ... and laid down a grand banquet in the ...
The warm-up pool water turns a pukey orange, neglected infrastructure begins to crumble, and Maracana Stadium blacks out after a squabble about the electricity bill. As the smallest and least ...