Rio Olympics 2016: NZ's Nikki Hamblin says she just 'wanted to be brave' MARC HINTONGETTY IMAGES In the image that went around the world, New Zealand's Nikki Hamblin encourages American Abbey D'Agostino to get up and finish their women's 5000m heat in Rio. Relevant offersNikki Hamblin was bruised, battered and, frankly, a little overwhelmed. In images that went around the world, Hamblin encouraged and assisted a crestfallen D'Agostino, who ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament in the fall, to complete the event. A flurry of media interviews after the heat incident became a major international story had left Hamblin closeting herself away over the last few days to refocus for the final. "You can't choose what happens to you, but you can choose what you do about it, and I wanted to be brave and go and run in an Olympic final."

Source: Stuff August 20, 2016 05:48 UTC