Two 800m runners tripped over each other, ending medal hopes – but their reaction was the definition of the Olympic spirit

The Olympic spirit was alive and well in Tokyo on Sunday when two runners dramatically crashed out of the 800 metres semi-finals before helping each other up and jogging side by side over the finish line. America’s Isaiah Jewitt was about to turn into the home straight when he tripped, began to fall and clipped Botswana’s gold-medal favourite Nijel Amos on the shin. Both men tumbled to the track and could only watch as the field sprinted off into the distance. There were no hard feelings from ei