A true show of sportsmanship was on full display, and captured on camera by a proud dad, when one runner in the final race of her high school career helped a competitor across the finish line.

a runner whose legs gave out just short of the finish line. “I told my parents afterward, ‘Jesus wouldn’t pass me by if I was falling down and couldn’t get up.’ He would pick me up ...

Grimley moved to a wheelchair at the finish line, after having walked the final miles on crutches with her husband beside her.Credit...Adrienne Grunwald for The New York Times Two Road Runners ...

A London Marathon runner dressed as Big Ben got stuck at the finish line after he tried to break a world record. Lukas Bates, from Maidstone, Kent, tried to get into the Guinness World Records ...

An Arkansas cross country runner went the extra mile to help her competitor cross the finish line after her legs gave out during a race. NBC News' Guad Venegas has more on the viral moment.