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Abebe Bikila was born in Ethiopia on 7 August 1932, the day of the Los Angeles Olympic marathon. Twenty-eight years later, he entered the marathon at the 1960 Olympics in Rome. He and his coach, Onni Niskanen, decided that Bikila, who ran barefooted, should make his final move a little more than one kilometre from the finish line.
It was at this point that the course passed the obelisk of Axum, a monument that had been plundered from Ethiopia by Italian troops and hauled away to Rome. When Bikila reached the obelisk, he was running even with Rhadi Ben Abdesselem of Morocco. Bikila successfully pulled away and won by 200m. Although no one had ever won the marathon twice, Bikila returned to the Olympics in 1964, even though he had undergone an appendectomy 40 days before the race. This time he ran with shoes and socks.
Bikila took a clear lead by the halfway mark and steadily pulled away to win by more than four minutes. His time, 2 hours 12 minutes 11.2 seconds, was a world best for the marathon.
阿比比•比基拉出生于1932年8月7日，那一天正是洛杉矶奥运会的马拉松比赛日，而比基拉也是为马拉松而生的天才。小时候因为家境贫寒，他总是跑步到离家几公里外的学校上学。18岁的时候，比基拉入伍参加了近卫军，在部队里，比基拉最大的乐趣就是练长跑。在他28岁的时候，他参加了1960年意大利罗马夏季奥运会的马拉松比赛，他和他的教练商量后，做出了一个令人吃惊的决定，他决定赤脚参加比赛，在比赛最后一英里的时候，比基拉开始加速，甩掉其他全部对手，最终以超过半分钟的优势摘金，并打破马拉松的世界纪录，他也是第一个获得奥运会金牌的非洲黑人选手。在奥运会后，因为祖国发生战争，比基拉返回军队继续服役。1964年，他再次参加奥运会马拉松比赛，而在比赛前40天他接受了阑尾切除手术,体力受到严重影响。这一次，他穿了跑鞋，在半程后，就确定了他的领先优势，并且最终领先第二名四分钟多的时间夺得奥运会马拉松的冠军。1968年，他第三次参加奥运会，在跑了十七公里后就发生骨折，被迫退出了比赛。他也是奥运会历史上第一个连获两届奥运会马拉松金牌的运动员。
1969年比基拉在驾驶汽车时，不幸发生车祸，伤及颈椎和脊椎，并导致全身瘫痪。1973年10月25日因脑出血逝世,年仅41岁。他逝世后，1978年设立了阿比比•比基拉奖(Abebe Bikila Award)来纪念这位传奇的长跑天才。 |
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发表于 2016-7-10 18:31:17