Tokyo Olympiad - The Marathon | Tokyo

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1. is this front he movie the Athlete
2. By now our athletes have finished the basic training. What they need is a good injection of inspiration by the very man who started the big bang of ethiopian athleticism. And i advise them to sit and watch this clip every day til the day they run in Rio. He is so wonderful man.
3. abebe bekila is a hero of ethiopia africa and all black ppl
4. Did he run the entire race or just jogged around the track? He was stretching at the end.
5. Simply the best and great distance runner of all time,may his Soul RIP.
6. The dignity on his face, the heroism of his accomplishment and the modesty of the man in victory remain inspiring to me more than fifty years later.
7. I want on blu-ray!
8. our HEROOOO KING ABEBE BEKILA WE LOVE YOU!!!! even we kicked Mussolini who was coming to colonize our country! Ethiopia anbessa!
9. orighin of human being we Ethiopians always full of power no one cannot break the record of Abebe Bekila haaaaaaaa!!!!!! and i can see that many are not applauded jelousy people we are proud of us still now great and beautiful people Ethiopiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
10. ETHIOPIA:-
    ORIGIN OF HUMAN BEING!!!
    The first nation to defeat colonizing power = Battle of ADWA!!!!
     MARATHON LEGEND IN MAN KIND = ABEBE BIKILA!!!!
    THE GREAT NATION : VIVA ETHIOPIA
    THE ICON OF AFRICA
11. 2Hrs 12mins 11sec is the world record
12. A hero of freedom and trucks of running!
13. ABEBE BEKILA of Ethiopia was the greatest Olympiad of Marathon. He won twice 1960 (Rome - barefoot mind you) and Tokyo 1964.....full of grace and confidence. Since then, Ethiopia has been having the greatest Marathon runner in most of the Olympics. Thank you Tokyo for hosting, you had great video with immense clarity too. RIP our hero Abebe, your legend lives on.
14. 50 years ago!
15. real man, viva l'ethiopia
16. It seems that this film captured every moment of the race.   Great video! Great Athlete!
17. that old man at 5:33 :D
18. ታሪክ አይሞትም
19. The way he's cruising at the end and then afterwards goes right into his stretching routine, it looks like he just got done a quick jog around the block
20. When I was a boy, I read in SI how Abebe trained by running down pheasants. He inspired me in 1960 and still does today (I ran a 1:59 last weekend for a 1/2 at 62)