The submission for candidacy was supported by the Finnish and Swedish Olympic Committees and Puhk became a member in July 1936.
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A year later Finnish Olympic Committee did not sent him to 1960 Summer Olympics since Mäki was a member of the leftist Finnish Workers' Sports Federation.