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For the photos
de Nijs, Jack. Abebe Bikila in Amsterdam. Digital image. Wikipedia. September 22, 1968. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abebe_Bikila#/media/File:Abebe_Bikila_1968_(b_retouched).jpg
ANSA, Italy. Abebe Bikila sprints away from Rhadi Ben Abdesselam near the end of the marathon at the 1960 Rome Olympics. Digital Image. Wikipedia. September 10, 1960. Public Domain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abebe_Bikila#/media/File:Abebe_Bikila_sprints_away_from_Rhadi_Ben_Abdesselam.jpg
del Grande, Sergio.Celebrating outside the Colosseum. Digital Image. Wikipedia. 10 September 1960. Public Domain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abebe_Bikila#/media/File:Abebe_Bikila_triumphant_1960.jpg
Robertson, Ian. Ethiopian athlete Kenenisa Bekele competing in the Men’s 3 km race. Digital Image. Wikipedia. January 7, 2012. Public Domain. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenenisa_Bekele#/media/File%3AKenenisabekele1.jpg.
Citizen59. Runners turning the bend in the men’s 10,000 metres final at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Digital Image. Wikipidia. August 4, 2012. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-distance_running#/media/File:Men’s_10000m_Final_-_2012_Olympics_-_1.jpg
Ian @ ThePaperboy.com. Mens 10000m sydney 2000 olympics Haile Gebrselassie. Digital Image. Wikipedia. September 25, 2000. CC BY-SA 2.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haile_Gebrselassie#/media/File:Mens_10000m_final_sydney_olympics_2000.jpg
A.Savin.Road on Entoto Mountain in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Digital image. Wikipedia. January 23, 2018. FAL. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entoto_Mountains#/media/File:ET_Addis_asv2018-01_img29_Entoto.jpg
DaneyWiki. Partial view of Addis Ababa skyline from Sheger park. Digital image. Wikipedia. October 30, 2020.CC BY-SA 4.0.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addis_Ababa#/media/File:AddisView.jpg
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