Gebre Gebremarian now famous for winning the NYC marathon last Sunday, also won the 2002 title of Junior World Cross Country Championship after losing one shoe then kicking off the other to win barefoot.
“I lost my shoe at the start of the race,” said Gebremarian, who didn’t reveal whether it had been clawed off by another runner or just by the spongy surface, which had got noticeably more muddy from Saturday after some overnight rain.
“It took me a few kilometres to get used to the sensation of running with just one shoe, but I’ve run barefoot in the past so it wasn’t so strange. ..."
http://www2.iaaf.org/wxc02/
“I lost my shoe at the start of the race,” said Gebremarian, who didn’t reveal whether it had been clawed off by another runner or just by the spongy surface, which had got noticeably more muddy from Saturday after some overnight rain.
“It took me a few kilometres to get used to the sensation of running with just one shoe, but I’ve run barefoot in the past so it wasn’t so strange. ..."
http://www2.iaaf.org/wxc02/