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Teenage girl hailed for helping fallen runner

by Pat Coate | October 24, 2009
"I'm happy that somebody stopped running for me ... I don't know what would have happened if she wasn't there."
- Dominique Lincoln, fallen runner

Dominique Lincoln was running up a hill during a cross-country race when the ground beneath her seemed to vanish.

Dominique didn't know it then, but that runner, Helena Page, was disqualified because she stayed with her until help arrived.

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