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American runner who helped an opponent back up after an ugly fall ran a mile with some gruesome injuries to finish race


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American runner Abby D'Agostino helped create one of the great moments of the Rio Olympics on Tuesday when she helped a fallen New Zealand runner get back to her feet in the 5,000-meter preliminary heat.

D'Agostino and Nikki Hamblin collided about midway through the race, and D'Agostino stopped running to help Hamblin get back up.

Then, as they continued running, D'Agostino collapsed, clearly injured, and Hamblin helped her back up before they both continued the race.

D'Agostino ended up finishing the race, and it was revealed on Wednesday that she did so with some gruesome injuries: a torn right ACL, a torn meniscus, and strained MCL.

She ran almost a mile on these injuries!

 

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