In one of the most memorable nordic races ever Juha Mieto, the Finnish giant is beaten by Sweden's Thomas Wassberg by one-hundredth of a second in the 1980 15K race. Click on the text to watch archival footage of this amazing race. This race had the closest margin of victory ever in Olympic in cross-country skiing and it led the International Ski Federation (FIS) to round all of their times to the nearest 1/10th second in future competitions.
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