ARTICLES
By Malissa Rodenburg
They say fourth is the hardest place to finish, and nowhere is that more true than in the Olympic Track and Field Trials, as typically the top three make the team. But the competitors we saw this year are showing us all what it means to accept loss with dignity (while still feeling your feelings)…
By Nick Zaccardi (NBC Sports)
Neither Abbey Cooper (D’Agostino) nor Nikki Hamblin has willingly watched the last four and a half laps of their Rio Olympic 5000m preliminary heat on replay…
By Josh Barr (United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum)
As she looks back on how she handled the most trying moment of her life – in a very public setting — Abbey (D’Agostino) Cooper thinks about how the months leading up to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games prepared her for any situation...
By Erin Strout (Women’s Running)
After a harrowing fall during the 5,000 meters at the 2016 Olympics, Abbey Cooper has been out of the spotlight for three years. Until now…
Dartmouth College
Middle- and long-distance runner Abbey D’Agostino ’14 talks about overcoming anxiety, accepting limitations, and the 2016 Olympics…
By Molly Mirhashem (Outside Magazine)
The pro runner suffered an injury in the middle of the Olympics. Here's how she plotted her comeback…
By Doug Williams (ESPN.com)
Nikki Hamblin of New Zealand stumbled and fell to the track. American Abbey D'Agostino tumbled over her, landing awkwardly. Just like that, their lives became forever linked and changed…
By Erin Strout (Runner’s World)
When athletes make it to the Olympics, they hope never to become stars for anything other than performance. But every four years somebody is always a player in “the moment”—that one instance when the world takes notice for reasons other than speed or prowess or talent...
