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25-468: Finnish track and field meet Paavo Nurmi Games [REDACTED] Date June–August Location Paavo Nurmi Stadium , Turku , Finland [REDACTED] Event type Track and field Established 1957 The Paavo Nurmi Games is an annual track and field meet that takes place at Paavo Nurmi Stadium in Turku , Finland . It

50-423: A false claim of sexual harassment to leverage a settlement. The allegations made in this lawsuit are false and we can prove it.” On October 19, 2022, six and a half years after Ms. Menh had filed her original complaint, Ms. Menh voluntarily withdrew her complaint against Wolf, without any financial settlement. A jury trial had been scheduled on commence on November 1, 2022, less than two weeks later. After gaining

75-514: A former campaign staffer Samantha Menh filed a suit against the Campaign, August Wolf, and Campaign manager Baylor Myers, alleging breach of contract. The lawsuit also claimed Wolf violated federal and Connecticut campaign laws, and cited several unsubstantiated claims of untoward behavior. It was said by the attorney representing Baylor Myers that "we will present evidence that Ms. Menh had planned to quit her job with that previous employer and bring

100-480: A junior at Greenwich High School. h Wolf founded and leads US Athletic Trust , a sport NGO providing support and advocacy for American Olympic athletes, and was named Trustee of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation in 2014. After the series of U.S. Olympic scandals in 2018, he also cofounded Olympians Rising , a non-profit group of Olympians and friends supporting urgent reform to

125-475: Is a multi-use stadium in Turku , Finland . It is currently used mostly for football matches and athletics meets. It holds 13,000 people and is named after the Turku-born runner Paavo Nurmi . Twenty athletics world records have been set at the stadium. John Landy broke the world records for the 1,500 m and the mile (1954), Nurmi for the 3,000 m (1922), Emil Zátopek (1950) and Ron Clarke (1965) for

150-544: Is an American former field athlete known for throwing the shot put . He is a graduate of Princeton University . He is a former United States indoor shot put national champion, United States outdoor shot put national champion, and an Olympian. A member of the Republican Party , he sought the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate for Connecticut in 2016 against Democratic incumbent Richard Blumenthal . He

175-622: The 2014 Duke Blue Devils . A.J. was a four-time New York State NYSAIS Champion in the shot put and discus, and a Junior National shot put champion. He was also a four-year letterman and two-time New York State Sportswriters Association (NYSSWA) All-State selection in football. Son Alexander was 2014 Gatorade Basketball Player of the Year in the State of Connecticut and will attended and play for Dartmouth College in 2014. Son Andrew will attend University of Connecticut in 2014. Daughter Abbie will be

200-511: The U.S. Olympic Committee and rebuilding the U.S. Olympic program from the ground up. He is also on the Board of the Friends of Princeton Track. Wolf sought to be the 2016 Republican candidate for Connecticut's U.S. Senate seat, currently held by Democrat Richard Blumenthal . He was defeated by state representative Dan Carter at the state Republican convention on May 9, securing less than

225-689: The shot put competition . Wolf won the Indoor National title at the February 1984 USA-Mobil Indoor Track and Field Championship at the Madison Square Garden with a throw of 69 feet 0.75 inches (21.05 m). He was the 1984 United States National champion. Wolf placed fifth at the 1983 World University Games in Edmonton , Alberta , Canada . Wolf's career personal bests were 21.73 metres (71 ft 3.5 in) in

250-437: The 10,000 m, Viljo Heino for the one-hour run (1945) and the 20 km (1949), Matti Järvinen for the javelin throw (1932) and Charles Hoff for the pole vault (1925). Paavo Nurmi Games , a track and field meet, is held at the stadium annually. This article about a Finnish sports venue is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Augie Wolf August Louis "Augie" Wolf (born September 3, 1961)

275-428: The 15% of delegates required for an automatic primary. On May 11, Wolf announced that he would attempt to force a primary by collecting the signatures of 8,079 registered Republicans by June 7. On October 19, 2015, billionaire, industrialist David Koch held a fundraiser for three Senators and August Wolf in his campaign for United States Senate against Blumenthal. On June 1, 2016, The Hartford Courant reported that

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300-2270: The Paavo Nurmi Games Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref. 100 m 11.09 (−0.8  m/s ) Daryll Neita [REDACTED]   United Kingdom 14 June 2022 800 m 1:58.73 Anita Horvat [REDACTED]   Slovenia 13 June 2023 1500 m 4:03.69 Melissa Courtney-Bryant [REDACTED]   United Kingdom 11 August 2020 3000 m 8:38.65 Meskerem Mamo [REDACTED]   Ethiopia 5 June 2018 100 m hurdles 12.48 (+1.6  m/s ) Nia Ali [REDACTED]   United States 14 June 2022 400 m hurdles 54.32 Jessie Knight [REDACTED]   Great Britain 13 June 2023 3000 m steeplechase 9:17.55 Winfred Yavi [REDACTED]   Bahrain 7 June 2021 High jump 2.01 m Nicola Olyslagers [REDACTED]   Australia 13 June 2023 Pole vault 4.80 m Nina Kennedy [REDACTED]   Australia 18 June 2024 Long jump 6.54 m Tunde Vaszi [REDACTED]   Hungary 12 June 1997 6.54 m (+1.4  m/s ) Jazmin Sawyers [REDACTED]   United Kingdom 11 August 2020 Triple jump 14.51 (+0.4  m/s ) Senni Salminen [REDACTED]   Finland 8 June 2021 Shot put 19.38 m Chase Ealey [REDACTED]   USA 11 June 2019 Discus throw 66.22 m Sandra Perković [REDACTED]   Croatia 5 June 2018 Hammer throw 76.45 m Brooke Andersen [REDACTED]   United States 13 June 2023 Javelin throw 66.63 m Christin Hussong [REDACTED]   Germany 7 June 2021 References [ edit ] ^ "Paavo Nurmi Games 1957 Results" . tilastopaja.org. Archived from

325-470: The original on 1 July 2015 . Retrieved 28 June 2015 . ^ "100m Result" . World Athletics . Retrieved 20 June 2024 . ^ Mirko Jalava (5 June 2018). "Kirt takes javelin showdown in Turku" . IAAF. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018 . Retrieved 7 June 2018 . ^ "Tulokset: 60. Paavo Nurmen kisat Turku 14.6.2022" . Tilastopaja.org. Archived from

350-529: The original on 12 August 2020 . Retrieved 11 August 2020 . ^ "Pole Vault Result" (PDF) . time4results.com . 13 June 2023 . Retrieved 13 June 2023 . ^ "Paavo Nurmen kisojen tulokset 1957-2017 - 48. Paavo Nurmen kisat Turku 24.6.2009" . Tilastopaja.org . Retrieved 9 June 2019 . ^ "Tulokset: 57. Paavo Nurmen kisat Turku 11.6.2019" . Tilastopaja.org . Retrieved 20 June 2019 . ^ "Hammer Throw Results" . time4results.com . 13 June 2017. Archived from

375-685: The original on 12 August 2020 . Retrieved 20 August 2020 . ^ Cathal Dennehy (8 June 2021). "Krukowski and Nowicki secure Polish throws double in Turku" . World Athletics. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021 . Retrieved 28 June 2021 . ^ Mirko Jalava (5 June 2018). "Kirt takes javelin showdown in Turku" . IAAF. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018 . Retrieved 7 June 2018 . ^ "Hammer Throw Result" (PDF) . time4results.com . 13 June 2023 . Retrieved 13 June 2023 . ^ Cathal Dennehy (8 June 2021). "Krukowski and Nowicki secure Polish throws double in Turku" . World Athletics. Archived from

400-572: The original on 12 August 2020 . Retrieved 20 August 2020 . ^ Mirko Jalava (5 June 2018). "Kirt takes javelin showdown in Turku" . IAAF. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018 . Retrieved 7 June 2018 . ^ "100m Hurdles Result" . World Athletics . Retrieved 20 June 2024 . ^ "400m Hurdles Result" (PDF) . time4results.com . 13 June 2023 . Retrieved 13 June 2023 . ^ Cathal Dennehy (8 June 2021). "Krukowski and Nowicki secure Polish throws double in Turku" . World Athletics. Archived from

425-593: The original on 14 June 2022 . Retrieved 14 June 2022 . ^ Jon Mulkeen (14 June 2022). "Stahl bounces back, Helander delights home crowd in Turku" . World Athletics . Archived from the original on 14 June 2022 . Retrieved 14 June 2022 . ^ Mirko Jalava (25 June 2015). "Fajdek triumphs in Turku – IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge" . IAAF. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015 . Retrieved 28 June 2015 . ^ Jon Mulkeen (11 August 2020). "Vetter and Stahl break meeting records in Turku" . World Athletics. Archived from

450-489: The original on 16 June 2017 . Retrieved 13 June 2017 . ^ Jon Mulkeen (11 August 2020). "Vetter and Stahl break meeting records in Turku" . World Athletics. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020 . Retrieved 20 August 2020 . ^ "800m Result" (PDF) . time4results.com . 13 June 2023 . Retrieved 13 June 2023 . ^ Jon Mulkeen (11 August 2020). "Vetter and Stahl break meeting records in Turku" . World Athletics. Archived from

475-3346: The original on 27 June 2021 . Retrieved 28 June 2021 . External links [ edit ] Official website Stadium records at the Wayback Machine (archived 2019-09-09) v t e IAAF World Challenge Seasons 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 [REDACTED] Meetings Beijing Belém/Rio Berlin Daegu Dakar Hengelo Kawasaki/Tokyo Kingston Madrid Melbourne Moscow Nanjing Osaka Ostrava Ponce Rabat Rieti Turku Zagreb Zhukovsky v t e European Athletics Outdoor Permit Meetings Memorial Primo Nebiolo Meeting Lille-Métropole Josef Odložil Memorial Meeting de la Ville de Reims Internationales Hochsprung-Meeting Eberstadt Paavo Nurmi Games Palio Città della Quercia Meeting of Andújar Athletics Bridge Brothers Znamensky Memorial European Athletics Festival Bydgoszcz Cezmi Or Memorial Meeting Città di Padova Copenhagen Athletics Games Gothenburg Athletics Grand Prix Internationales Leichtathletik Meeting Dessau Gugl Games Gyulai István Memorial Meeting Iberoamericano de Atletismo Meeting international de Montreuil Irena Szewińska Memorial Janusz Kusociński Memorial Kamila Skolimowska Memorial Karlstad Grand Prix KBC Night of Athletics Spitzen Leichtathletik Luzern Meeting de Marseille Notturna di Milano International Athletic Meeting in Honor of Miner's Day Sollentuna Grand Prix Meeting Sport Solidarietà Meeting Stanislas Meeting international Sotteville-lès-Rouen Terra Sarda [REDACTED] Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paavo_Nurmi_Games&oldid=1244205956 " Categories : European Athletic Association meetings Athletics competitions in Finland Recurring sporting events established in 1957 1957 establishments in Finland Sport in Turku Paavo Nurmi Summer events in Finland World Athletics Continental Tour meetings Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Official website different in Wikidata and Misplaced Pages Webarchive template wayback links Paavo Nurmi Stadium Paavo Nurmi Stadium ( Finnish : Paavo Nurmen stadion , Swedish : Paavo Nurmis stadion )

500-424: The original on 27 June 2021 . Retrieved 28 June 2021 . ^ "High Jump Result" (PDF) . time4results.com . 13 June 2023 . Retrieved 13 June 2023 . ^ "Jacobs proves form with 100m win in Turku" . World Athletics . 18 June 2024 . Retrieved 20 June 2024 . ^ Jon Mulkeen (11 August 2020). "Vetter and Stahl break meeting records in Turku" . World Athletics. Archived from

525-536: The shot put and 63.73 metres (209 ft 1.1 in) in the discus throw . During his athletic career, Wolf was involved in one drug testing violation. The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) initially banned Wolf for life after ruling he had refused post-match testing on July 7, 1985, in Byrkjelo , Norway . Supported by the USA Track & Field Federation, he appealed citing errors in

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550-543: The support of over 17% of the delegates in the first round of voting (over the 15% hurdle for ballot access), Wolf's supporters were then aggressively lobbied by Super Delegates, and about 50 switched to Carter before the final tally. Upon failing to secure 15% of the delegates at the State Republican Convention, Wolf decided to petition onto the primary ballot. He failed to gather the required signatures of 2% of registered Republican voters, 8,079, and

575-455: The testing notification. The ban was reduced to an eighteen-month suspension and he returned to competition in 1987. Wolf was raised in St. Paul, Minnesota , and is a 1983 graduate of Princeton University . He works for Lebenthal Wealth Advisors and is on the Board of Holborn. He has four children. One son, A.J., born 1994, redshirted as a college football sophomore defensive tackle for

600-597: Was defeated at the state Republican convention by state representative from Bethel , Dan Carter . Wolf studied and trained at Princeton University from 1979 to 1983, becoming the record-holder in the Ivy League with a throw of 67-2. After training in Leverkusen, Germany, with TSV Bayer 04 he placed 2nd in the 1984 Olympic Trials, earning a spot on the American team at the 1984 Summer Olympics , placing fourth in

625-2323: Was first held in 1957. The competition has been part of the IAAF World Challenge since 2017. Meeting records [ edit ] Men [ edit ] Men's meeting records of the Paavo Nurmi Games Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref. 100 m 9.92 (+1.5  m/s ) Marcell Jacobs [REDACTED]   Italy 18 June 2024 200 m 20.23 (±0.0  m/s ) Ramil Guliyev [REDACTED]   Turkey 5 June 2018 800 m 1:43.52 Max Burgin [REDACTED]   United Kingdom 14 June 2022 1500 m 3:36.81 Elijah Manangoi [REDACTED]   Kenya 25 June 2015 3000 m 7:44.36 Sadik Mikhou [REDACTED]   Bahrain 13 June 2017 5000 m 12:55.95 Josephat Menjo [REDACTED]   Kenya 18 August 2010 110 m hurdles 13.17 (+1.1  m/s ) Andrew Pozzi [REDACTED]   United Kingdom 11 August 2020 400 m hurdles 47.82 Rasmus Mägi [REDACTED]   Estonia 14 June 2022 3000 m steeplechase 8:14.87 Abrham Sime [REDACTED]   Ethiopia 14 June 2022 Pole vault 5.90 m KC Lightfoot [REDACTED]   United States 13 June 2023 Long jump 8.14 (−1.9  m/s ) Godfrey Mokoena [REDACTED]   South Africa 24 June 2009 Triple jump 17.21 (+1.6  m/s ) Zhu Yaming [REDACTED]   China 11 June 2019 Shot put 21.23 m Al Feuerbach [REDACTED]   United States 1 August 1974 Augie Wolf [REDACTED]   United States 26 June 1984 Discus throw 70.62 m Daniel Ståhl [REDACTED]   Sweden 14 June 2022 Hammer throw 82.40 m Paweł Fajdek [REDACTED]   Poland 13 June 2017 Javelin throw 91.49 m Johannes Vetter [REDACTED]   Germany 11 August 2020 Women [ edit ] Women's meeting records of

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