Zimbabwe Runner Crawls 3 Meters for Bronze, Wins $5,300 Prize

A Zimbabwean ultramarathon runner collapsed just yards from the finish line but crawled on her hands and knees to claim third place at South Africa’s Two Oceans Marathon, earning a $5,300 prize for her extraordinary effort [127681]. Nobuhle Nobunkosi Tshuma was competing in the 56-kilometer race in Cape Town when her body gave out near the end. Rather than give up, she used her hands and knees to drag herself across the line, securing a bronze medal and a 100,000 South African rand prize (about $5,300). The moment was captured on video and quickly spread across social media and sports news channels, turning a race of endurance into a powerful display of human will [127681].