For Eric–A Major Finlandia Runner Hero This statue of Paavo Nurmi stands outside the Olympic Stadium built for the 1952 Olympics. His phenomenal running career was during the 1920’s but he opened the Olympics in 1952 as a national hero. Previous Image Next Image Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your Comment You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong> Name (required) E-mail (required) URI Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ
