Runner who helped opponent ruled out of Olympics with injured knee

The 5,000-meter runner whose act of friendship captured the Olympic spirit will not return to the track in Rio after tearing ligaments in her knee. Abbey D’Agostino said Wednesday that her season was over, but her message prevailed nonetheless. She was involved in a chain-reaction wreck Tuesday with New Zealand’s Nikki Hamblin. Instead of scrambling […]

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