Mamo Wolde, who has died aged 69, was at the forefront of African long-distance running as it emerged gloriously from the shadows in the 1960s. In a single week in 1968 he crowned his athletics career ...

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 ...

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 won the 1968 Olympic marathon before spending the latter part of his life in prison, died on Sunday at the age of 71 in Addis Ababa. Wolde, who at 36 also won the 10,000m silver medal ...

Addis Ababa - Mamo Wolde, the athlete who won the 1968 Olympics marathon in Mexico before spending the latter part of his life in prison, has died on Sunday at the age of 71, according to national ...

In the beginning there was Abebe Bikila, the imperial guard who ran barefoot atop Roman cobblestones by torchlight in 1960 and became the first black African to win the Olympic marathon. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ethiopia's former Olympic marathon champion Mamo Wolde has died at the age of 70 after a long illness. Wolde, a former army captain, won the gold medal at the 1968 Mexico Olympics and bronze four ...

Mamo Wolde, who has died aged 69, demolished the field in the marathon at the Mexico Olympics in 1968 and returned home a national hero; only the second Ethiopian ever to have won an Olympic medal; he ...