After reading through this entire thread, I must admit that my initial reaction was the same as Mike's, I would have to see this "tap." However, as I continued reading, it became apparent to me that the tap did in fact assist the runner to some extent, for as Brian has pointed out, "all it did was stop her." Therefore, if the consensus is that the tap managed to stop the runner, for whatever reason, then the runner, in the truest sense of the phrase, has been assisted. Therefore, I think that I will have to rule with the out crowd due to coaches' interference.
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