An unexpected yet familiar face approached Abby Wambach when the retired soccer star crossed the finish line of the 2021 TCS New York City Marathon on Sunday.

Shalane Flanagan, the 2017 NYC Marathon champion and 2008 Olympic 10,000m silver medalist, waited around at the Central Park finish line after finishing her own race – her sixth marathon in 43 days – to personally put Wambach’s finisher medal around her neck. Read More