She's a runner, she's a track star ... she's somersaulting over the finish line?

High school athlete Brooklyn Anderson was running hurdles in a track and field championship in Eugene, Oregon — and seconds away from the finish line, she tripped.

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Video from the event shows Anderson hopping a hurdle and knocking it down before tripping. The track star's tumbling reflex kicked in, prompting her to somersault twice until she got over the finish line, "sticking the landing" to first place.

Anderson told The Oregonian that she relied on her gymnastics training at the Saturday event.

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