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Abebe Bikila
02-11-13, 21:54
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Postei no tópico do jeep sobre o derek redmond, mas o cara merece um tópico...
Abebe Bikila Bikila was added to the Ethiopian Olympic team only at the last moment, as the plane to Rome was about to leave, as a replacement for Wami Biratu, who had broken his ankle in a football match. Adidas, the shoe sponsor at the 1960 Summer Olympics, had few shoes left when Bikila went to try out shoes and he ended up with a pair that didn’t fit comfortably, so he couldn't use them. A couple of hours before the race, Bikila decided to run barefoot, the way he'd trained for the race. Bikila was warned about his main rivals, one of whom was Rhadi Ben Abdesselam from Morocco, who was supposed to wear number 26. For unknown reasons, Rhadi did not acquire his black marathon bib before the race and instead was wearing his regularly assigned track and field bib number 185. During the race Bikila passed numerous runners as he searched for Rhadi's number 26. By about 20 km, Bikila and Rhadi (actually wearing number 185) had created a gap from the rest of the pack. Bikila kept looking forward to find the runner with number 26, unaware that Rhadi was running right beside him. They stayed together until the last 500 m, when Bikila sprinted to the finish line. Bikila won in a record time of 2:15:16.2, becoming the first Sub-Saharan African to win an Olympic gold medal. He finished 25 seconds ahead of Rhadi. After the race, when Bikila was asked why he had run barefoot, he replied, “I wanted the whole world to know that my country, Ethiopia, has always won with determination and heroism." Achievements: - Primeiro africano subsariano a ganhar uma medalha de ouro nas Olimpíadas - Primeiro atleta a ganhar uma maratona descalço - Primeiro atleta a ganhar duas maratonas olímpicas seguidas (1960 e 64) Ficou quadraplégico em 1969 num acidente de carro, sua condição melhorou para paraplégico, começou a treinar e a competir no arco e flecha e em corrida de trenó, na qual ganhou uma medalha de ouro em 1970 na Noruega. Morreu em 73. Esse filme deve ser épico, to procurando o torrent, mas tá foda, se alguém achar posta aqui... |
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02-11-13, 22:03
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Muito boa historia, muito bom topico! Arigatou!
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02-11-13, 22:04
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Bela abertura de tópico
Se o outro atleta merece um, pq este não merece, não é mesmo? Justo. |
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