Canadian Coach Helps Russian Skier at 2014 Olympics

You train you work hard, you make it to the Winter Olympics and then your equipment fails, that is what happened in the finals of the men’s cross country skiing sprint. Russia’s Anton Gafarov crashed but still managed to finish the race thanks to Canadian coach Justin Wadworth, who ran onto the course to help him.

He put on another ski!

Garafov finished nearly three minutes behind the leaders, but the Russian crowd gave him a standing ovation as he crossed the finish line. Still, what a disappointment for Garafov.