Finnish Sportspeople in Doping Cases - Martti Vainio, Kaisa Varis, Eero M Ntyranta, Virpi Kuitunen, Mika Myllyl, Harri Kirvesniemi (Paperback)

Chapters: Martti Vainio, Kaisa Varis, Eero M ntyranta, Virpi Kuitunen, Mika Myllyl, Harri Kirvesniemi, Ville Tiisanoja, Seppo Hovinen, Timo Tompuri, Jari Isomets, Markku Tuokko, Milla Saari, Janne Immonen. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 49. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Martti Olavi Vainio (born December 30, 1950 in Vehkalahti) is a former Finnish long distance runner. In Finland he is recognized as the last of the great runners of famous "V-line," the previous ones being Juha V t inen, Lasse Vir n, and Pekka Vasala. Each of them won at least one gold medal either at Summer Olympics or European Athletics Championships in the 1970's. His achievements in major athletic championships include gold in the 10,000 metres race 1978 European Championships in Athletics in Prague and bronze in the same distance at the 1982 European Championships in Athletics in Athens. At the 1983 World Championships in Athletics he dropped to fourth by a very short margin in the 10,000 metres race, and incensed by that caught the bronze in the 5000 metres, which was also a closely contested fixture, Vainio only assuring his medal by a palpable lunge over the finish line. Martti Vainio started systematic training at the age of 20 in the autumn 1971 with his coach Aulis Potinkara. He received his first national championships medal in 1974 when finishing third in 5000 metres after Seppo Tuominen and Rune Holm n. In the same year he ran his first 10,000 m race with result 29:09.6. He broke the 29-minutes barrier for the first time in 1976. In the same year he was second at the Finnish Championships in Athletics in 10,000 metres after Pekka P iv rinta and became selected to his first Olympics in Montreal. However, he did not qualify for 10,000 metres final, finishing as the second fastest runner to be el...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=6021588