Know what happened on this day September 10 1960. Abebe Bikila Wins the Marathon at the Rome Summer Olympics
We take a look back at Ethiopian Abebe Bikila's victory in the marathon at the 1960 Olympic games in Rome, a win made even more notable by the fact that he ran it barefoot.
When it comes to Olympic level track and field events, history tends to only remember those who ran the fastest, jumped the farthest and pushed themselves further than their peers. Shizo Kanakuri is an apparent exception to that rule because he’s fondly remembered for having the worst official time of any Olympic marathon runner in history, taking over 54 years [...]
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Para mim, varias fotos são marcantes no esporte, mas em especial a foto do nosso grande ídolo AÍRTON SENNA e também do meio fundista, JOAQUIM CRUZ campeão olímpico nos 800m nas Olimpíadas de Los Angeles em 1984.
The Italian, who denied Scotland's Allan Wells the Olympic double in 1980 by the narrowest of margins, reached life's finish line all too quickly,…
The history of Middle and Long Distance Running, Great Races, Runner Profiles and Major Games.
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Simon Martin: 24 years after his country’s capital was conquered by Italy, Ethiopia’s Abebe Bikila became the first black African to win gold
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