e/Flying Finn (sports)

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has glosseng: "The Flying Finn" was a nickname originally given to several Finnish middle and long-distance runners. The term was later extended to notable Finnish sportsmen who are fleet of foot or drive fast cars.
lexicalizationeng: Flying Finn
instance of(noun) the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
competition, contender, challenger, rival, competitor
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Finnish
has glossfin: Flying Finn eli lentävä suomalainen on monista menestyneistä suomalaisista urheilijoista kansainvälisesti käytetty lempinimi.
lexicalizationfin: Lentävä suomalainen
French
has glossfra: Les Finlandais volants fut le surnom donné à plusieurs coureurs finlandais, notamment les médaillés dor Ville Ritola, Hannes Kolehmainen, Volmari Iso-Hollo et Paavo Nurmi pendant les Jeux olympiques de lentre-deux-guerres. Aux Jeux olympiques dété de 1924 à Paris, Nurmi gagna cinq médailles dor pour les épreuves du m et m (qui se sont tenues à une heure d'écart).
lexicalizationfra: Finlandais Volants
Japanese
has glossjpn: フライング・フィン(Flying Finn)は、世界的に有名なフィンランドのスポーツ選手に対して称える意味で使われる愛称である。直訳すると「空飛ぶフィンランド人」となる。
lexicalizationjpn: フライング・フィン
Portuguese
has glosspor: Flying Finns (em português: Finlandeses Voadores, em finlandês: Lentävä suomalainen) é a denominação dada pela mídia internacional ao grupo de atletas da Finlândia que, nos anos 1920 e 30 do século passado, dominaram as provas de atletismo de meio-fundo e fundo dos Jogos Olímpicos, alcançando na época a mesma supremacia em qualidade e quantidade hoje em poder de africanos nas mesmas provas, principalmente de atletas do Quênia e da Etiópia.
lexicalizationpor: Finlandeses voadores
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