100 years ago today, Dr. #OttoPeltzer clean bowled both #EdvinWide and #PaavoNurmi in Berlin, smashing the WR for the #1500m. 'The race of all-time!' cried the penny press.
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Athletics Track And Field - Berlin
"The Race of All Time"
Old SCC-Stadium on the Avus, Berlin | September 11–12, 1926
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September 11, 2026 at 5:57 AM
100 years ago today, Dr. #OttoPeltzer clean bowled both #EdvinWide and #PaavoNurmi in Berlin, smashing the WR for the #1500m. 'The race of all-time!' cried the penny press.
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Exactly 100 years ago today, the world's greatest runners, #PaavoNurmi and #EdvinWide, faced each other once again. The Turku Games are among the few Finnish meets from the 1920s with surviving film footage.
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Athletics Track And Field - Nurmi v Wide, Part 2
Nurmi Overpowers Wide Again
Sports Park, Turku, Finland | July 22–23, 1926
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July 22, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Exactly 100 years ago today, the world's greatest runners, #PaavoNurmi and #EdvinWide, faced each other once again. The Turku Games are among the few Finnish meets from the 1920s with surviving film footage.
Have a read:
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