Multiple choice

Name the athelete who was the first black athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in marathon all barefooted (in the Rome Olympics, 1960).

  1. Ben Robinson of USA

  2. Arthur Millet of Guyana

  3. Abebe Bekele of Ethiopia

  4. Kim Reynolds of Brazil
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Explanation

Abebe Bikila (spelled Bekele in the options) of Ethiopia won the marathon at the 1960 Rome Olympics while running barefoot. He became the first sub-Saharan African to win an Olympic gold medal.

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