Dhaka, Oct. 25 -- Those who still remember the exciting moments of the first Olympic Games held in the Japanese capital more than five decades ago might well recount the scene of a skinny marathon runner touching the finishing line to win the gold medal and thus cementing further the claim of the start of a new era of African dominance over long distance running events in international competitions. It was four years ago in Rome that he set the pace by winning the marathon running all along in barefoot. In Tokyo he defended his title and thus became the first marathon runner in modern Olympics to win the event back to back. He was Abebe Bikila, the Ethiopian who could not afford a pair of running shoes when he competed in Rome and still c...