WASHINGTON POST- RIO DE JANEIRO — They were strangers at the starting line, a 24-year-old Dartmouth graduate who barely qualified for these Olympics and an English-born runner who transplanted to New Zealand seven years ago. Less than 20 minutes later, they found themselves eternally linked — by circumstance, by action, by benevolence.
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Sara Tucholsky was a starter for the 2008 Western Oregon University softball team but was not having a good season at the plate. She was batting .153 when she started a game at Central Washington University.