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- 1 2 "Finland stages pre-Olympics opera on Paavo Nurmi". Hurriyet Daily News. 15 August 2000. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ↑ "Nurmi-ooppera väistää Tina Turneria" (in Finnish). MTV3. 12 April 2000. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ↑ "Sport and song combine in Paavo Nurmi Opera spectacle". Helsingin Sanomat International Edition. 7 August 2000. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ↑ "Paavo Nurmi juoksi Turun Oopperayhdistyksen kuralle" (in Finnish). Turun Sanomat. 29 January 2004. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
