Talk about a gutsy performance.
Manteo Mitchell was running the first leg of the 4×400-meter relay preliminaries Thursday when he heard and felt a pop in his left leg.
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The American knew it was bad. Tests later showed how bad: a broken fibula.
But he never stopped running and his effort helped the U.S. tie for first and advance to the next round.
“I figured it’s what almost any person would’ve done in that situation,” Mitchell tells the AP.
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