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U.S. and New Zealand runners help each other finish the race after fall

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 16: Abbey D'Agostino of the United States (L) talks with Nikki Hamblin of New Zealand after the Women's 5000m Round 1 - Heat 2 on Day 11 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on August 16, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 16: Abbey D'Agostino of the United States (L) talks with Nikki Hamblin of New Zealand after the Women's 5000m Round 1 - Heat 2 on Day 11 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on August 16, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
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Aug 16, 2016

"Get up! Get up! We have to finish!" D'Agostino told Hamblin as she laid on the track, according to ESPN. "This is the Olympic Games! We have to finish this."

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