Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Neman lambar zinare ta uku a jere, Abebe ya shiga gasar marathon ta Olympics a ranar 20 ga Oktoba
tare da Mamo Wolde da Gebru Merawi. A alamance, an ba shi lambar lamba 1 don tseren. Mako guda kafin tseren, Abebe ya fara jin zafi a ƙafarsa ta hagu. Likitoci sun gano wani rauni a cikin ƙashinsa, kuma an shawarce shi ya zauna a kan ƙafafunsa har zuwa ranar tseren. Dole ne Abebe ya fice daga tseren bayan kimanin kuma Mamo Wolde ya ci nasara a cikin 2: 20:26.4. Wannan shi ne wasan marathon na karshe na Abebe. An ba shi lada tare da haɓakawa zuwa matsayin "shambel" (shugaba) lokacin da ya koma Habasha.