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What was unusual about two time Olympic marathon winner Abebe Bikila's running style at the 1960 games ?

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What was unusual about two time Olympic marathon winner Abebe Bikila's running style at the 1960 games ?
posted Sep 1, 2016 by Deepika Jain

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Running barefoot

Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian marathon runner who won a gold medal and set a world record while running barefoot at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, then bested his own record at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo.

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answer Sep 10, 2016 by Rupali Thakur
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