In the recent Naperville City Games, there was a special competitor, a four-footer named Mina, who won a medal for running

Monica Prestifilipo, head of the Naperville operations team, donated its health-driven Naperville Half Marathon "Traditional Medal" to dogs to tackle the race between the Race Director and the Children's Cancer Charity Controversy between founders

The Heritage Medal is awarded to three consecutive participants of the same half marathon.

But when Mina and her host, Debbie Mossburg, finished the Naperville game for the third time, Mosberg insisted that Malinois, a Belgian dog with a brain tumor The name of the child) also won the medal.

Prestifilipo stepped up her medal when Mosberg and the organizers became clearer.

Prestifilipo, who finished so much marathon, lost her count and said it was "just the right thing."

The dispute took place at the finish line of October 22 with the service dog Mina, after a bike balding charity was set up in Fort Moss.

Both Mosley and the dogs won the 13.1 mile finish medal. Then they go to a separate area of ​​the match village asking for additional medals.

Mosberg said she had no problem, but ethnic officials were reluctant to give Mina.

"We award the medal to the contestants, not the non-contestants," said tournament director Craig Bixler. "We did not play dogs, they did not play legally, we said no, dogs do not get medals."

After winning the medal, which participants will receive the traditional medal is a personal choice. But the organizers said they must follow the rules for the distribution of medals to keep their meaning.

Bixler said: "Some people work hard for these medals." I just think that as a tournament director, our job is not to pass on these things just to give any good story. "

But Moosburg insisted Mina won the medal.

The story in Mosberg began in 2013 with the creation of "bike baldness" to provide emotional, social and financial support to families affected by childhood cancer. In order to raise funds, she sponsored a bike themed event in Naperville.

Mooseburg, a cancer survivor himself, said she has participated in a health-driven race for the past three years and has been with Mina.

"She's fantastic," Mossberg spoke about Mina, a PTSD service animal. "The community loves her, the children cheer for her out and she gives hope."

Each year, Mossburg enters Mina in the name of a child with cancer who has been chosen as a bicycle bald.

"They can not do such a match," said Fort Mosborg, the child of her choice, "so Mina runs for them."

This year, Fort Moss said she registered a child with a brain tumor, a child's name, and she would not reveal Mina under the name of health information privacy issues.

But Maastricht and the race directors also disagreed with the dog's registration.

Bixler said Mina ran on a bib with a registered Bolingbrook runner but later decided not to run. He said the runner's bib was disqualified and returned for admission.

However, Mosberg insisted Mina deserved a traditional medal because the dog ran for three and a half marathons in a row. She said the organizers are reluctant to admit that this shows that they do not respect her or her career.

So she said she and Mina will not be competing again, but to participate in the Naperville Half Marathon organized by another company in April next year.

It was not the lips that led to tears in the parliamentary session, but Prestifilipo's gracious gesture because her medallion glittered over Mina's neck.

Judith Brodhead, a member of the Security Council, was apparently moved by the presentation ceremony.

Moosburg said she is talking to the children's family, who ran a brain tumor on behalf of Mina. She hopes Mina's Medal will be able to change hands quickly and bring more happiness.

"We passed the medal to the children we run," Fort Mosberg said. "We want for them because ... it's an honor."