Editing Ville Ritola (section)

== Back to the United States ==

After the Olympics, Ritola had to return to the US to find employment, while his pregnant wife remained in Finland. His daughter Anja was born in November 1924. Selma joined her husband in the US with the baby in March 1925.<ref name=autogenerated3 />

In winter 1924–1925, Ritola competed in the United States and Canada and beat world record times in the 3000 m (8 min 26.8 sec), 3000 m steeplechase (9 min 18.6 sec), 5000 m (14 min 23.2 sec), 2 miles, 2 mile steeplechase, 3 miles and 5 miles.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sul.fi/uutiset/jarjestotoiminta/sul-100-vuotta-ville-ritola | title=Viljam "Ville" Ritola (ent. Koukkari) | publisher=SUL | date=15 June 2014 | language=Finnish}}</ref>  These were not official world records as they were run indoors.