1924 Summer Olympics - Vilho Ritola, Finnish Long-Distance Runner
Finnish athlete Ville Ritola, his shirt (bearing the number '329') and shorts splattered with mud, during the 1924 Summer Olympics, held at the Stade Olympique de Colombes, in the Colombes suburb of Paris, France, July 1924. Nicknamed the 'Flying Finn', Ritola - a long-distance runner - won four gold medals (10,000 metres, 3000 metres steeplechase, 3000 metres team, and team cross country) and two silver (individual cross country and 5000 metres) at the 1924 Games. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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