High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Paavo Vaskio (born March 1, 1931) is a Finnish sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-1 4 x 500 m event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.Canoe sprint, which is referred to by the IOC as "canoe/kayak sprint", is one of the two forms of the canoeing disciplines that are featured in the Summer Olympics, the other being canoe slalom. Marathon racing is not an Olympic sport. In non-Olympic years, the main events are the World Championships.