Two-time Olympic marathon champion Abebe Bikila was born in this woreda, in the village of Jato near Mendida.
A multipurpose building houses the Abebe Bikila Gymnasium, cafeteria and dining areas, an art room and the nurse's station.
Mekonnen leads an annual celebration of the anniversary of Abebe Bikila's Olympic Marathon victories.
A mixture of fiction and stock footage, The Athlete is a portrait of the legendary marathoner from Ethiopia, Abebe Bikila.
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He completed his first win over the distance in a personal best time of 2:10:51 and became only the third Ethiopian to win the men's race, breaking an almost forty-year dry spell since Abebe Bikila and Demissie Wolde's wins in the 1960s.
In the beginning of the film, a brief overview of the history of the marathon is shown, with footage of dramatic races involving Dorando Pietri, Abebe Bikila and Rod Dixon.