 Rastas akahwina menduru dzake dzokutanga kumakwikwi enyika yeFinland muna 1917, achihwina menduru yegoridhe pamamita 10 000 uye sirivha pamamita 5 000. Mumitambo yeOlympic yezhizha ya1920 muAntwerp akamirira Finland munhangemutange ye cross-country, achiisa 18th; mujaho wakapetwa kaviri sechikwata, icho Finland chakakunda, asi chete mhedzisiro yevatatu vekupedzisira Paavo Nurmi, Heikki Liimatainen naTeodor Koskenniemi vakaverengerwa mhedzisiro yechikwata. 