Hannes Kölehmainen was the first of the great Finnish distance runners. At the 1912 Olympic Games, he won the 5,000m, the 10,000m and the individual cross-country race, in which he also won a ...
Lasse Virén had been considered an unlikely contender when he won his gold medals in the 5000m and 10000m during the previous Olympic Games in Munich 1972.
Arriving at ...
A second period penalty shot goal by Manu Honkanen sparked a rally that carried Finland to a 4-3 victory over Russia in Men's Ice Hockey at the Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games. The Finns ...