Today, in the age of carbon fiber, in which technology has reached its feet, the image of Abebe Bikila – the Ethiopian who ran barefoot and won Olympic gold in Rome 1960 – is almost poetic. He did not need more than his feet to “fly”. And yet, more than half a century later, athletics speak again of flight, but this time driven by science. And it is that today’s tennis – with advanced foam and carbon plates capable of returning energy in each fo…
This story is only covered by news sources that have yet to be evaluated by the independent media monitoring agencies we use to assess the quality and reliability of news outlets on our platform. Learn more here.
Today, in the age of carbon fiber, in which technology has reached its feet, the image of Abebe Bikila – the Ethiopian who ran barefoot and won Olympic gold in Rome 1960 – is almost poetic. He did not need more than his feet to “fly”. And yet, more than half a century later, athletics speak again of flight, but this time driven by science. And it is that today’s tennis – with advanced foam and carbon plates capable of returning energy in each fo…