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||5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| Marathon Legend|By C. Thwaites|Abebe Bikila was the first African to win an Olympic marathon and the first (and certainly the only drug-free) to win twice in succession. This highly readable book uncovers some little known facts about his Swedish trainer and the personal side of an enigmatic man. It also touches on the tragedy of Mamo Wolde. Well written. A must for students o|About the Author|
Tim Judah is one of the world's most prestigious foreign correspondents, reporting from frontlines across the globe including Iraq, Afghanistan and The Balkans for the London Times, The Economist and the New York of Books. Judah is autho
On September 10, 1960, Abebe Bikila, an Ethiopian, stunned the world when he won the Rome Olympic marathon running barefoot. He was the first black African to win a gold medal at the Olympics and overnight became a sporting hero, an African hero, and, for many, the first black African they had ever heard of. Bikila was a man of his times—a symbol of hope in the new Africa.
Now, for the first time, his true story is told. Central to that tale is the ...
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