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From Fox News: The spirit of the Olympics was on full display during the first day of the track and field events in Paris Friday.
Laotian sprinter Silinia Pha Aphay and Lucia Moris of South Sudan were side by side in the first heat of the women’s 100-meter prelim, competing for a top three spot to advance to the first round.
According to The Washington Post, Pha Aphay noticed around the halfway mark that Moris, who was in the lane next to her, had gone down.
Pha Aphay crossed the finish line with a season best of 12.45 seconds, but it wasn’t enough to crack the top three.
The Washington Post report explained that Pha Aphay had placed at sixth place in the race, ending her Olympic dreams. But that was all forgotten when she saw Moris lying on the track, screaming in pain and holding her right leg.
Pha Apahy began waving for medics to come help, suspecting that Moris had injured her hamstring.
“Pha Aphay stayed with Moris as medics strapped her to a yellow stretcher. She placed her hand on Moris’s shoulder. She placed a pair of orange shoes next to the stretcher. Medics carried Moris away, her body immobilized,” the Washington Post wrote.
An Olympic sprinter fell injured. So her opponent turned back.
The runner from Laos had crossed the finish line when she heard the screaming. So she started running in the opposite direction. Photo Credit Petr David Josek/APhttps://t.co/WP3qLphq8J pic.twitter.com/w8HgfU31CW— Doug Petepiece (@TheUnrealDougP) August 2, 2024
Laotian Olympic sprinter finishes race, turns back to help opponent who collapsed during women’s 100 prelim https://t.co/6TeWLFZsBf
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 2, 2024
An Olympic sprinter fell during a race. The first person to help was her opponent – Laotian athlete Silina Pha Aphay had just placed sixth, ending her journey at the Paris Olympics. But her first reaction was to go to her competitor, Lucia Moris of South… https://t.co/BIFEgQITZN
— Olav Mitchell Underdal (@omunderdal) August 2, 2024
Silinia Pha Aphay, a Laotian sprinter, ran in Lane 2. Halfway through the race, she saw the blur to her left crumble. Lucia Moris, the runner in Lane 1 from South Sudan, had fallen. After Pha Aphay had crossed the finish line, she turned back to help her. https://t.co/KR7IOWAR2T
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 2, 2024
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