Abbey D’Agostino, a 5,000-meter runner who trains in Boston, was part of an on-track collision in the first round of the women’s 5,000 and took a hard fall to the track. But it was her reaction to the collision that caught the attention of spectators.
Nikki Hamblin of New Zealand was running in front of D’Agostino when she fell in the race’s eighth lap. Without time to move to the outside, D’Agostino also fell, and she suffered an injury to her right knee.