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Evoking the Olympic marathon in Rome 1960 in which Ethiopian Abebe Bikila won Africa’s first gold medal, running baref | dG1fZEhtQ3JaS1ctT0k
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00:00In 1960, when Ethiopian runner Abebe Bikila ran his first Olympic marathon in Rome, just
00:2725 years after Italy's invasion of Ethiopia under Mussolini's rule, Bikila broke the world
00:34record and became the first black African to win gold in the Olympics.
00:40His victory marked the emergence of Africa and captured a new spirit.
01:10I
01:39replay, I replay, I replay the footage of Abebe Bikila.
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