On Tuesday, Jenny Simpson聽ran the final 600 meters of the 1,500-meter finals聽at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing without a shoe, .聽The heel of her shoe got caught on another runner and slipped off,聽.
Simpson, who won a gold medal in the 1,500 meters at the 2011 World Championships, crossed the finish line with a time of 4:16.28 for 11th place.
鈥淚 just thought, there鈥檚 no way I鈥檓 not going to finish. I鈥檓 going to run as hard as I can, and as everyone went by me, I just thought, I鈥檒l get them next week,鈥 she said聽(in reference to the , which begin September 3rd in Zurich). 鈥淚 already have more than I deserve. I have two medals at home. I had the opportunity to race here. It didn鈥檛 go how I wanted, but at the end, I鈥檓 really grateful.鈥
Watch the run here:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=5D_1Gs3cfgY%3Frelated%3D1%26autoplay%3Dfalse