Paavo Nurmi’s Five Olympic Running Golds Will Be Displayed In Paris Next Month – News18

MONACO: The 5 Olympic gold medals gained by Finnish operating nice Paavo Nurmi will return to Paris and be on show subsequent month to mark a century since his distinctive achievement on the 1924 Paris Games.

To mark the upcoming Paris Games, the medals will probably be exhibited from March 27-Sept. 22 on the Monnaie de Paris on the left financial institution of the river Seine. They will type half of a bigger exhibition of Olympic medals known as “D’or, d’argent, de bronze” (Of gold, silver and bronze) organized by the museum of the French mint.

Nicknamed “The Flying Finn,” Nurmi was one of many first superstars of sport. His 5 medals are essentially the most athletics golds gained at a single Games.

“As famous as the Hollywood stars of his day, lauded by U.S. presidents, Nurmi was the first truly global sports star,” World Athletics president Sebastian Coe stated on Monday.

World Athletics stated Nurmi’s grandson Mika Nurmi and Finland 4-time Olympic champion Lasse Viren — an extended-distance operating nice himself — will probably be company on the March 27 ceremony.

The Paris Games in July are adopted by the Paralympics in August.

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