Russian athlete Anton Gafarov broke a ski during the men’s cross-country free-sprint semifinals in Sochi Winter Olympics. When Canada’s coach Justin Wadsworth saw the Russian dragging himself forward on a single ski, he jumped in with one of Team Canada’s skis and fitted it onto Gafarov’s boot.

Gafarov held his arms high as he finished in last place. “I wanted him to have dignity as he crossed the finish line,” Wadsworth said. It sure is a big Olympic moment even if it wasn’t at the podium.