Watch The Athlete (2009) Online
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- RUNTIME: 1h 32m
- COUNTRIES: Ethiopia,Germany,United States of America
- Subtitles: ,English
Running the streets of Rome in 1960, an unknown, barefooted Ethiopian man stunned the world by winning Olympic gold in the marathon. Overnight, Abebe Bikila became a sports legend. A hero in his own country and to the continent, Bikila was the first African to win a gold medal, and four years later in Tokyo would become the first person in history to win consecutive Olympic gold medals in the marathon.
