Abebe Bikila wins marathon in 1960 Rome Olympics... barefoot.
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Night olympics looked so amazing.
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This just proves that not only that the Ethiopians can beat anybody in a marathon but can beat them BAREFOOT. The moment Bikila won the marathon was the moment that probably the Italians regretted even conquering Ethiopia in 1935 because NOBODY MESSES WITH ETHIOPIA. I'm so happy to be a habesha and proud of it. God bless Abebe Bikila and his whole family. For he's a everyday reminder that we can accomplish anything in any situation for habeshas like me. God bless.
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It's because everyone else had shoes, and that's why people make a big deal out of this. Shoot, I'd way rather run 26 miles with shoes than without, given the fact that I could even run 26 miles.
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2409 we meet again...
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5cense - "modern" training & equipment probably would have ruined him.
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Realmente Impresionante ABEBE BIKILA una LEYENDA DEL ATLETISMO EN LA RAMA DE MARATON todo lo que se diga en elogios es poco para lo que este hombre fue capaz de lograr ganar la olympiada descalzo en 1960 y repetir el exito en 1964 esta vez con zapatillas UNA LEYENDA DE LA MARATON DEL SIGLO 20.
RAUL LOPEZ
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Funny how people act like it’s not normal to run barefoot. When we’re born without shoes and our feet have specifically evolved over millions of years to do exactly this.
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why don't they run the olympic marathon at night any more? the atmosphere must have been amazing!
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Wow
Wow, everything looked like Ben Hur back then.
plattawabbe 7 months ago 4
this was an amazing achievement for habesba people
yosef61 10 months ago 4