The story of a woman from Kenya who was competing in the Marathon in Austin for 2015, Hyvon Ngetich who is a 29 year old runner, was competing and got to the very end of a difficult twenty three mile competition when just short of the finish line, her body gave out.
Refusing to quit after working so hard and coming so far, she crawled to the finish line. The crowd went wild as the emergency crew offered her a wheelchair. She refused wanting to win the race herself. It was later revealed that if she would have had any assistance, she would have been taken out of the race and considered disqualified. This is the epitome of dedication and hard work and refusing to give up regardless of what she had to do.
As she crossed the finished line she was heard uttering the words: “Oh God, thank you, I crossed.” Later in an interview with news sources she said she didn’t even remember the tail end of the race at all. The director of the race said he had never seen a race ending like that in all of his career.
Ms. Ngetich finished the race in the third spot. The new reporters and everyone who watched this race were shocked at her dedication and bravery in the race. She has won the heart and honor of everyone who watched the race. The people in charge of the race felt she would have won second place if she had not collapsed and decided to pay her the equivalent of the second prize winnings because of her dedication to the race.