An Impressive Race

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This happened at the women’s 5,000-meter run in the Rio Olympics 2016.

Some athletes were running in the second group when New Zealand athlete Hamblin tripped and fell, causing USA’s Abbey D’Agostino to fall. Abbey would feel aggrieved, but she rather raised up Hamblin, saying, “Get up, get up, we have to finish this.” Probably because of the damage from falling, Abbey faltered and fell down in a few steps. This time, Hamblin encouraged her and ran the race together. Although they saw each other for the first time, they cheered up each other and ran the race together, and they embraced each other after crossing the finish line.

Hamblin said, “Everyone wants to win, and everyone wants a medal. But there’s so much more to this than a medal. Abbey is a true winner.” Both runners who showed exemplary sportsmanship were awarded places in the final regardless of their records, and even won the Fair Play Awards.