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Apr 8, 2011 · David Maraniss's book Rome 1960 wrongly attributes it to a member of the American team. Bikila's gold medal in Rome is the most famous barefoot victory in modern running history, but far from...
Aug 30, 2023 · In the modern era, barefoot running gained popularity in the 1960s when Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia won the Olympic marathon in Rome running barefoot. Bikila’s gold medal is the most famous barefoot victory in modern running history, and many athletes have followed in his footsteps.
Barefoot running, also called "natural running", is the act of running without footwear. With the advent of modern footwear, running barefoot has become less common in most parts of the world but is still practiced in parts of Africa and Latin America.
Jun 20, 2018 · Their curious appearance matched their mysterious legend—that they defy every known rule of physical conditioning and still speed along for hundreds of miles.
- Random House
Abebe Bikila (1932–73) was a marathon runner from Ethiopia who won a gold medal while running barefoot at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome. He then bested his own record at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo. He was the first athlete to win two Olympic marathons.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Aug 29, 2014 · The Harvard evolutionary biologist whose work helped inspire the barefoot running movement talks about his own marathoning and what runners should take from science.
Dec 22, 2015 · A barefoot Bikila ahead of Rhadi Ben Abdesselam of Morocco at the 1960 Olympics. Born to a shepherd in a town 25 kilometres outside Mendida, Ethiopia, Abebe Bikila’s family was one of modest...
