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What did Adebe Bikila do in the 1960 Olympics?
Adebe Bikila won his first gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome while running barefoot.
Was Adebe Bikila expected to do well or was he an underdog?
Adebe Bikila won again in Addis Ababa with a time of 2:21:23, which was faster than the existing Olympic record held by Emil Zátopek.
Had Adebe Bikila been training for marathons very long before the 1960 lympics?
During the mid-1950s, Abebe Bikila ran 20 kilometers from the Sululta hills to Addis Ababa and back daily. Onni Niskane noticed him and began training him for the marathon.
What was Adebe Bikila's time in the Olympics?
Abebe Bikila's winning time was 2:15:16.2, twenty-five seconds faster than ben Abdesselam at 2:15:41.6, and breaking Popov's world record by eight tenths of a second.

Question: What was the reaction to his win?
Self-contained rewrite: What was Adebe Bikila's reaction to his win?