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Published 09:44 18 Aug 2016 BST
"Get up, get up, we have to finish this."Hamblin stood up and the two runners - dreams of Olympic medals a long way away - set off. D'Agostino had not gone far before she began to falter - she had torn her cruciate in the fall and was in agony. This time, she repeated those same words to herself - We have to finish this. Hamblin finished. Second last over the line and over 90 seconds off the heat winner. D'Agostino finished a further 30 seconds back. It turns out, her knee was in awful shape. https://twitter.com/ChrisChavezSI/status/765900565574475776 The pair embraced after the race.
Both were advanced to the 5,000m final as they had both been victims of a collision that was in no way their fault. Hamblin will compete in Saturday's final but D'Agostino is off to hospital. The New Zealander told Radio NZ:
"When I look back on Rio 2016, I’m not going to remember where I finished, I’m not going to remember my time… but I’ll always remember that moment."
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