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Ethiopia's Etenesh Diro got tangled up with two other runners in Saturday's 3,000m women's Olympic steeplechase and stopped to tear off her damaged right shoe and sock.
For precious seconds, the Ethiopian athlete knelt on the track and tried to pull the shoe back on. Finally giving up on it, she ripped the shoe off completely and threw it away, took a few steps, then removed her right sock, too.
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