RIO DE JANEIRO – Feyisa Lilesa’s silver-medal finish Sunday morning extended Ethiopia’s legacy Olympic marathon success. From Abebe Bikila racing barefoot along a torchlit course at the 1960 Games in ...

Mamo Wolde, an Ethiopian distance runner who won medals in two Olympics, including a gold in the marathon in the 1968 Mexico City Games, but spent much of the last decade of his life in prison, has ...

Mamo Wolde, who died on May 26th aged 69, was at the forefront of African long-distance running as it emerged gloriously from… Mamo Wolde, who died on May 26th aged 69, was at the forefront of African ...

In April of 2002, Finnish reporter Erkki Vettenniemi was granted an interview in the home of 1968 Olympic gold medalist Mamo Wolde. The interview, only three months after Wolde's release from almost a ...

RIO DE JANEIRO >> Feyisa Lilesa’s silver medal finish Sunday morning extended Ethiopia’s legacy Olympic marathon success. From Abebe Bikila racing barefoot along a torch-lit course at the 1960 Games ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Mamo Wolde, who won the 1968 Olympic marathon before spending the latter part of his life in prison, died on Sunday at the age of 71 in ...

Ethiopia's former Olympic marathon champion Mamo Wolde has died aged 70 after a long illness. Mamo, a former army captain, became a sporting hero in his country after winning marathon gold at the 1968 ...

Africa crashed the Olympics party during the Mexico City 1968 Summer Games. It had been a long time coming, considering that the first modern Olympic Games were held in April 1896, in Athens, Greece, ...