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Video Shows London Marathoner Helping Fellow Runner Over Finish Line

function onPlayerReadyVidible(e){'undefined'!=typeof HPTrack&&HPTrack.Vid.Vidible_track(e)}!function(e,i){if(e.vdb_Player){if('object'==typeof commercial_video){var a='',o='m.fwsitesection='+commercial_video.site_and_category;if(a+=o,commercial_video['package']){var c='&m.fwkeyvalues=sponsorship%3D'+commercial_video['package'];a+=c}e.setAttribute('vdb_params',a)}i(e.vdb_Player)}else{var t=arguments.callee;setTimeout(function(){t(e,i)},0)}}(document.getElementById('vidible_1'),onPlayerReadyVidible); Runner Matthew Rees was moments from finishing the London Marathon on Saturday when he stopped to help an exhausted competitor. Rees told the Press Association that he was on the final stretch of the race when he noticed runner David Wyeth having difficulties. “I saw him try to stand up again and his legs just went down again, and I thought, ‘This is more important, getting him across the line is more important than shaving a few seconds off my time,’” Rees said. So Rees ran over to Wyeth, allowed the fatigued athlete to lean on his shoulder and helped him continue the race. Within a few moments, a race official threw Wyeth’s other arm over his shoulder and together, the trio slowly jogged over the finish line to great applause.

 

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