Trinidad and Tobago's Ayanna Alexander took the silver and Canada's Tabia Charles grabbed the bronze.

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"They are beloved by this community, " City Councilor at Large Ayanna Pressley told the Globe.

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Ayanna was eligible to get help from a community-based organization to pay her back rent, but the landlord did not want to participate.

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