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Abebe Bikila's achievments:
Winning the 1960 Rome Olympics marathon barefoot.
Winning the 1964 Tokyo Olympics marathon barefoot and breaking the world record and winning by an incredible margin of four minutes.
Main distances in which Rift Valley athletes are superior:
800 metres to the marathon.
Advantages of high-altitude training:
Lungs get bigger, the red blood cells increase and the circulation improves.
Possible side effect of altitude change:
Sickness, dizziness and weakness.
Other reasons for success of Rift Valley athletes:
Lean physical build; trained from childhood to run several miles to school every day; tradition; hunger for success
