The motto of the Olympics has been 'Citius, Altius, Fortius' (Faster, Higher, Stronger). The Olympics have been a symbol of excellence in sportsmanship. There have also been moments where athletes ...

Abebe Bikila was born on 7 August, 1932 in the village of Jato, 9km outside the town of Mendida, in Ethiopia. Bikila decided to join the Imperial Bodyguard to support his family and walked to Addis ...

Abebe Bikila was the only marathoner in history to win an Olympic gold medal running barefoot, but that fact hides the more significant question: Someone actually won an Olympic gold medal in the ...

24 years after his country’s capital was conquered by Italy, Ethiopia’s Abebe Bikila became the first black African to win gold. View a gallery of pictures of Bikila here. Few could have predicted ...

Born to a shepherd in a town 25 kilometres outside Mendida, Ethiopia, Abebe Bikila’s family was one of modest means. As he did not grow up with much, Bikila decided to help his family out with ...

During the 1960 Olympic marathon in Rome, it was hard to decide the most surprising fact about the winner, Abebe Bikila. Was it that the unknown Ethiopian ran the 42.195km barefoot, or the fact that ...

The family of Ethiopian runner Abebe Bikila, who won gold in the 1960 Olympic marathon held in Rome while running barefoot, is suing Vibram, the maker of Five Fingers foot-glove-style running shoes, ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. The Olympics make for great stories, personal triumphs and Cinderella moments. On Sept. 10, 1960, one such story unfolded ...

SEATTLE (AP) The family of an Ethiopian runner who famously won an Olympic marathon barefoot is suing Vibram, the maker of a popular line of minimalist running shoes, saying it used his name without ...

SEATTLE -- The family of an Ethiopian runner who famously won an Olympic marathon barefoot is suing Vibram, the maker of a popular line of minimalist running shoes, saying it used his name without ...

SEATTLE (AP) – El fabricante de una popular línea de calzado deportivo “minimalista” no tendrá que indemnizar a la familia de Abebe Bikila por ponerle a algunos de sus productos el nombre del ...