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In this day and age of commercialism in all domains in life, including sport, it is nice to occasionally remember what it was all meant to be about originally. Two cases in point:

Nikki Hamblin and Abbey D'Agostino sacrificing their chances of a good performance at the Olympics and supporting each other after incidentally colliding during their run:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/17/rio-women-runners-collision-nikki-hamblin-abbey-dagostino

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And of course, friendship transcending politics: a North Korean and South Korean athlete sharing a moment of genuine friendship, despite all the animosity between their countries:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37018914

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I just hope the North Korean girl will not end up in trouble back home...

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