Originally Posted by Campag4life

This isn't a fair comparison. When Bikila showed up in Rome and won barefoot, there was quite an outcry. What happened is Bikila has unusually beautiful feet...he is a foot model in the off season. Many runners were distracted and found themselves looking at his feet versus running their race and why he won. He put this to rest when he came back in Japan and won in shoes...PF flyers btw made my Keds.