They were strangers at the starting line. Less than 20 minutes later, they were eternally linked.

The Washington Post:

Hamblin and Abbey D’Agostino, a runner from Topsfield, Mass., collided on the track during the women’s 5,000-meter race.

“I’m never going to forget that moment,” Hamblin said. “When someone asks me what happened in Rio in 20 years’ time, that’s my story.”

For me, this has been the best story of the 2016 Olympics.