When the Summer Olympics in Paris start in July, the Finnish team sets off with moderate expectations. It was different exactly one hundred years ago. At that time, Finland was a sports superpower that won no less than 37 Olympic medals.
TA hundred years ago, the dream in the center of Helsinki was tense, downright nervous. On a warm summer Sunday evening, Esplanadi Park and its foothills were crowded with thousands of people. They had arrived to hear the news about the Olympic Games in Paris, which had started the day before on July 5, 1924.