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Annales d'Ethiopie, 2007-2008, vol. 23, 471-493
The institutionalized organization close the eyes to Ethiopian athletics
Bezabih Wolde & Benoît Gaudin
Résumé
L 'OR GANISA TION INSTITUTIONNELLE DE L 'A THLÉTISME EN ETHIOPIE
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Introduction
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Who was Africa’s first black Olympic gold medallist?
In 1960, on a warm night in Rome, a barefoot son of a shepherd stunned the world and made history for Africa.
That evening, the streets of the city were lined with spectators cheering for the marathon runners competing in the Olympic Games.
Along the road, Italian soldiers held torches to light the way as an Ethiopian runner named Abebe Bikila sprinted towards the finish line.
For most of the course, Bikila, in red satin shorts and a black vest, had been level with the marathon favourite, Rhadi Ben Abdesselam from Morocco.
Then, with less than a mile to go, he began to pull away from his competitor. He sprinted towards the finish, raising his hands in triumph as he crossed the line.
Not only had he come first in the race, Bikila was also the first black African and the first Ethiopian to win a gold medal at the Games.
In doing so, he set a new world record of two hours, 15 minutes and 16 seconds.
It was a shock triumph, not just because Bikila was a complete unknown but because he had run the entire length of the race barefoot.
Bikila had made the decision to do so because his running shoes were worn and he feared a new pair would cause blisters.
“Normally champions rise up the rankings and so when they get to
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Issue 3: Fall 2014
"...but in joy create for others the house, the poem, the game of athletic beauty" — Dudley Randall
by Aracelis Girmay
The 1904 Summer Olympics took place in St. Louis, USA. It was the first time the Olympics were held outside of Europe, and it was the first year that boxing, weightlifting, freestyle wrestling, and the decathlon were added to their list of official sports.
The marathon of that year went down in history as one of the most bizarre competitions of the Games. Thomas Hicks, the winner of that race, was aided through the last 14 or 15 miles by his trainers who provided him rat poison mixed with brandy to keep him running. Clocking in at 3 hours, 28 minutes and 53 seconds, Hicks still holds the record for the slowest Olympic marathon winner ever in the world.
And that was the year that Fred Lorz, having been carried in a car for part of the race, faked a win, taking his picture with President Roosevelt’s daughter before officials found him out. The Cuban Félix “el andarín” Carvajal ran in that race, too, and is known as the occasional postman who raised money for his trip to St. Louis by running laps through Havana’s streets and parks while soliciting onlookers.
The marathon took place on a blistering August day, and Carvajal arri