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Emma Coburn celebrates after winning a bronze medal in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. (Diego Azubel/EPA) Emma Coburn won bronze in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, breaking her own American record by more than three seconds with a time of 9:07.63 on Monday. Then she removed her New Balance spikes, tied the laces together and draped them over her shoulder as she took a victory lap while holding the United States flag. As FloTrack’s Taylor Dutch noted, the move was likely a calculated and clever one by Coburn to give some exposure to the shoe company thatsigned her to her first professional contract after she completed a decorated collegiate career at the University of Colorado. Coburn wore a Nike uniform while becoming the first American to medal in the steeplechase since 1984, as is required under the terms of USA Track and Field’s exclusive sponsorship deal with Nike. According to USA Track and Field’s Statement of Conditions, athletes are “fo...