Photo marathon international competition

At the Rome Olympic Games, African athlete Abibe won the marathon gold medal for the first time. Reporters and photographers surrounded the long-distance runner from Ethiopia, congratulating him, asking all kinds of questions and curiously looking at his slender and powerful barefoot ... The next day, the nickname "barefoot fairy" became a hot news in the newspaper.

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Ethiopian athlete Abebe Bikila (1932—1973) won the gold medal in the Rome Olympic Marathon. Served in the Royal Guard. 1956 Start long-distance running training. 1960 won 17 Olympic marathon gold medal, and set an Olympic record. This is the first time that an African has won the Olympic champion on behalf of his country.

Bekira longed to be a long-distance runner when he was very young, but his extremely poor family made him unable to pay not only the training fee, but also the cheapest ordinary running shoes.

That day, Bekira unconsciously walked to the training ground and looked at the figure running on the runway. He was both envious and sad.

A hurdling coach listened to Bekira's speech, took him to a set of short railings and let him run all the way. He easily crossed the railing. The coach pointed to a group of 1. Five-meter railing. Let him try again. He tried several times, but failed to get through.

Then the coach told him, "Your difficulties are like this railing in front of you. It will stand in front of everyone. Although you can't cross them now, after repeated efforts, you will eventually cross them. You just need to stare at the front you yearn for and try to run forward. I believe that nothing can stop your dream. "

The coach's words kindled Bekira's hopes. From then on, he began a firm and persistent barefoot running training. The vast Yuan Ye, muddy mountain roads and hard Gobi ... can be seen everywhere. A few years later, he became an Ethiopian marathon runner.

At the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, he won the gold medal, becoming the first player in Olympic history to win the championship for the second time.

Facing the swarming reporters, Bekira said with emotion: "Everything is very simple. As long as you stand on the track, nothing can stop your running ambition. Go forward, go forward until you reach the end of your dream. "

References:

Baidu encyclopedia -abebe bikila