10-year-old boy sends his medal to distraught Olympians

A ten-year-old boy’s charming and touching gesture has made him famous around the world after he tried to comfort four of his country’s failed Olympians.

Elijah Porter was distraught when Canada’s 4x100m relay team were stripped of their bronze medal following the final in London, a decision which was taken when video replay evidence showed that Jared Connaughton stepped out of his lane during the race.

But rather than simply feel sad for his idols, Elijah decided to do something to try and cheer them up: he sent the quartet a medal he had won in a recent football tournament so that they didn’t finish their summer empty handed.