Diego Mentriga has shown class personified as he surrendered his spot on the podium of the Santander Triathlon last week to gift his spot to a rival who took a wrong turn with the finish line in sight.
Incredible footage of Mentriga's sacrifice emerged over the weekend and quickly went viral across the sporting world.
Britain's James Teagle's heart must have flatlined less than 100m from the end of the race as he took a wrong turn towards spectators inside a fenced off area.
However, Mentriga noticed Teagle's fatal mistake as he overtook him on the final run to the line and held himself up just a few metres short of the line to allow Teagle to catch up and cross the line first.
Teagle quickly scurried up behind Mentriga and shook his fellow runner's hand before crossing the line a fraction of a second before Mentriga.
