Disaster was narrowly avoided during a heat of the men's 5,000-meter race on Wednesday. With four laps remaining in the second heat, a camera operator appeared to unknowingly walk right into the ...
She locked into a steady rhythm of 71- and 72-second laps, a little under 15:00 pace for 5,000 meters. A single-file train that included five Olympians set up behind the brave 21-year-old.