The winner of the day's sportsmanship medal goes to this Canadian coach for coming to the rescue of a cross-country skier during competition.
Russia's Anton Gafarov suffered a particularly nasty crash on a downhill turn during a men's cross-country sprint semifinal run that rendered his left ski to tatters.
Russia's Gafarov takes a nasty spill.
Gafarov hobbled along for a while, ski in shreds.
Gasparov is up, but his ski is in tatters.
Until Canadian coach Justin Wadsworth came by with another ski...
Coach to the rescue...
...and replaced the broken one, sending Gafarov on his way to finish out his course, to the appreciative cheers from the audience.
Wadsworth offers a helping hand.
Oh Canada. Never mind that you're winning Olympic medals. Now you're winning our hearts.
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(h/t Deadspin for the story)
