Taisto Mäki
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Taisto Mäki
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Taisto Armas Mäki was a Finnish long-distance runner – one of the so-called "Flying Finns". Like his coach and close friend, Paavo Nurmi, Mäki broke world records over two miles, 5000 metres and 10,000 metres – holding the records simultaneously between 1939 and 1942. Mäki was the first man to run 10,000 metres in less than 30 minutes, breaking his own world record in a time of 29:52.6 on 17 September 1939. Mäki was born in Rekola in the municipality of Vantaa. He was a shepherd by trade, earnin
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Finnish long-distance runner
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2023-12-29T16:31:11Z
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