Hamblin has indicated she will run in the final. Dimitri Bascou of France took third, and University of OR receiver Devon Allen finished fifth.
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After Claye hopped, skipped and jumped his way to silver, he leaped into the stands and proposed to his girlfriend Queen Harrison, who said ‘yes’.
In the evening’s other big race, Faith Kipyegon finished the women’s 1,500 meters in 4 minutes, 8.92 seconds to beat out Genzebe Dibaba, a flip-flop from last year’s world championships.
Speaking the day after the incident, both athletes having drawn widespread praise for embodying the Olympic spirit, 24-year-old D’Agostino – now ruled out for the remainder of the season – recalled how it unfolded. Jenny Simpson took bronze to become the first American woman to medal in the event.
There were no medals on the line when long jumper Darya Klishina showed up at the Olympics. During warmups, Klishina unzipped her jacket and revealed a red shirt with the word “Russia” emblazoned in bright white lettering.
“Someone had to go help her”, Hamblin said.
But there was more bad news for the Russians. Hamblin helped D’Agostino up, but D’Agostino went down after just a few meters.
Hamblin ran on and eventually after being unable to put weight on her ankle D’Agostino also got moving and shuffle limped around the remainder of the track and finished the race.
United States’ Abbey D’Agostino is helped from the track after a women’s 5000-meter heat during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016.
“But really as disappointing as this experience is there is so much more to this than a medal”.
In an interview later with One News Now, Hamblin said that D’Agostino had tapped on her shoulder and urged her to get up and finish the race.
Perhaps the most moving parcel of time that these Games will see happened at Olympic Stadium on Tuesday morning, in the heats of the women’s 5,000 meters.
“I’m never going to forget that moment”, Hamblin said. D’Agostino hobbled her way through her remaining laps with a pained look on her face. “We have the match for the bronze medal now and we will fight until the end to get that medal”. Both of them knew their chances in the race were shot but ran on to finish.
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There’s a clear trend in track at the Rio Games: The Jamaicans have won three sprints in recent days and the Kenyans have done the same in the distances, with both countries poised to claim more.
