Olympics related: Boy offers soccer medal to Canadian sprinters as compensation

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Boy offers soccer medal to Canadian sprinters denied Bronze

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A Newfoundland boy is receiving national attention for giving a medal he won playing soccer to Canadian athletes who were denied a bronze medal at the summer games in London.

Elijah Porter, 10, reached out to the men's 4 x 100 metre running relay team after it was disqualified when one of its members runner stepped out of bounds.

Porter, who lives in Paradise, near St. John's, wrote the team a letter saying they were good athletes and what happened to them was wrong.

"I decided that even though I can't change the rules I can make them feel better. So I decided to send my soccer medal and a note that started with talking about everything that's good about Canada," he told CBC.

It was his only medal.

"Im not much of a sports boy but when I was younger I was doing a little soccer thing in Mount Pearl," said Porter.

Yesterday, one of the Canadian sprinters, Justyn Warner, tweeted a photo of Porter’s letter. Since then, the story has caught fire on Twitter and Facebook.

[Jägermeister]

Takes a lot for a kid that young to do something like that.

Good on him.

[hockeyville88]

Isn't that the greatest story ever?

Sad but true: sometimes you have to lose and suffer heartbreak to really find out how many good human beings are out there in the world.

[Champions of Nothing]

That brought a tear to my eye.

[Garrison]

Great kid. I feel like Canadians get picked on because we have such a small population but we are also the most proud, we hold our own weight against the big countries. I'm Proud to be Canadian.

[pimpcurtly]

That's so awesome!! Really hope that kid becomes a biologist and gets rich.

[Ryanstorm]

I burst out a LOL seeing the "timbits" but really great story good kid.

[Squeak]

I hope the running team makes a trip out to visit this boy.

[*vInTaGe*]

Saw this on facebook, what a great letter!

[Sharpshooter]

That brought a tear to my eye.

[The Ghost of Tom Joad]

This story pretty much epitomizes everything I love about Canada and being Canadian.

[:D]

Will it count for the medal total?

Can we still get in on that?

[Squeak]

Yeah man, that letter was tip top.

"We're Canadians.....We create better lives for each other.....We didn't lose the War of 1812.....We have earned our freedom...":

That was patriotic, poignant, hilarious and heartwarming.

Kid should be a speechwriter if he decides not to become a biologist.

[Sharpshooter]

10 years old is grade 5 right?

About the time you learn about the War of 1812

[Squeak]

Seems about right.

It's amazing how some things stick with you around that age. I still remember the Battle for The Plains of Abraham from The Seven Years War from my elementary school days.

[Dazzle]

Technically... the battle of 1812 involves British people - not Canadians. Canada wasn't "officially" formed until 1867.

But I guess one would have to ask if those people felt they were loyal to Canada or Britain. Chances are, it was the latter rather than the former.

[butters]

SUCK IT IOC.

[Dazzle]

???

The rules are pretty clear. No one got screwed.