DALLAS, TX (June 13, 2024) – Gezahegne Bikila died early Sunday in a tractor-trailer collision on LBJ Freeway near Miller Road. The incident occurred at approximately 2:45 a.m., on May 12th.

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He would later be known as Muhammad Ali. But the one highlight that towers above the rest is that of Ethiopian marathon runner Abebe Bikila crossing the finish line barefoot to become the first ...

Sixty years ago this month, the world witnessed the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, a landmark event that introduced Asia to the global ...

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"This rule is telling me: 'Please go back to Myanmar and die'," she says. Moloko Bikila escaped from the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo in 2008. She has since had two boys. Moloko explains ...

But, in 2017, nine years after arriving in Japan, his mother, Moloko Bikila, missed the deadline to renew her and her children's visas by a week. All three lost their status of residence.

As the Kenyan becomes the first woman to break 2:10, the running world is left wondering if the performance was down to her ...

The first man across the line was the unknown Ethiopian Abebe Bikila who ran through Rome 's spectacular torch-lit avenues in bare feet. His achievement would inspire generations of Ethiopian ...

Ethiopia's Abebe Bikila (1964) and East Germany's Waldemar Cierpinski (1980) are the only other men to defend an Olympic marathon title. "My huge expectation actually is to win the Olympics for ...