Legend – the statue of skier Juha Mieto
TheLegend statue depicts Juha Mieto, a legendary cross-country skier and many-time medallist from Kurikka. In addition to his Olympic and World Championship medals, Juha Mieto is best remembered for his loss to Sweden’s Thomas Wassberg by one hundredth of a second at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics on 17 February 1980. Another well-known story about Mieto …