“I’m doing this for two reasons. One is because I was to honour the fathers of Ethiopian athletics, including Abebe Bikila. As you know Abebe Bikila won the 1960 Rome Olympics and a year later, in 1961, he came to Athens and he run the Athens Classic Marathon barefoot” Ermias Ayele, General Manager
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Over 70, 000 runners to take part in the Athens Authentic Marathon
