The Ethiopia national athletics team is one of the most successful distance-running programs in the world, having produced a long line of Olympic and World Championship medalists in middle- and long-distance track events and the marathon. Legendary Ethiopian distance runners include Abebe Bikila, the first sub-Saharan African Olympic gold medalist, and Haile Gebrselassie and Kenenisa Bekele, both multiple Olympic and world record holders, with Ethiopia and Kenya widely regarded as the sport's two dominant distance-running nations.
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