Image Source: Getty / Ian Walton [1]

Update: Nikki Hamblin and Abbey D'Agostino were both awarded the Pierre de Coubertin medal for helping each other after their fall. The IOC vice president, Nawal El Moutawakel, said of the Olympics this year [2]: "We have been inspired by great moments of sportsmanship. Athletes are inspirational role models, and it is these moments of fair play that we have come together to celebrate today."

Original story: Everyone knows about gold, silver, and bronze, but there's a fourth medal you can win at the Olympics. In memory of Olympics founder Pierre de Coubertin, the committee awards a sportsmanship award [3] during the games. The prize has only been awarded 17 times [4], according to the Guardian, making its bestowal a rare and major honor.

Previous winners come from several sports. In 2004, Vanderlei de Lima, a Brazilian runner, was in the middle of the marathon race when a protester jumped onto the track and held him; he could have won gold because he was in the lead, but he won bronze instead. Since he was denied the opportunity, he won the prestigious prize.

Image Source: AFP/Getty Images [5]

Other winners include Lawrence Lemieux, a Canadian who abandoned his boat during the sailing competition to save two other capsized sailors in 1988. Perhaps the most powerful bestowal was in 1936 at the Olympics in Berlin: a German long jumper, Luz Long, congratulated a black American long jumper, Jesse Owens.

@HistoryToLearn [6] Jesse Owens and Luz Long remained friends long after the Olympics, until Long's death in 1943 pic.twitter.com/iOO123ZncK [7]

— Flashback (@FlashbackonFilm) August 2, 2016 [8]

Though the Rio Games have not yet closed, people are already taking their nominations to Twitter. A favorite for the award seems to be when Nikki Hamblin helped Abbey D'Agostino finish the 5,000m race [9] after she tripped.

@Abbey_dags [10] and @NikkiHamblin [11] should be both candidates to the Pierre de Coubertin medal @Olympics [12] #Rio2016 [13] https://t.co/hkaueqDEdZ [14]

— Rene Pezo (@RenePezo) August 18, 2016 [15]

by far the best candidates this year for the Pierre de Coubertin medal https://t.co/gf4XA35HCx [16]

— Madi Leto (@madisonleto) August 18, 2016 [17]

Possible candidates for the Pierre de Coubertin medal? > BBC News - Rio Olympics 2016: US and NZ runners help each other #rio2016 [18]

— C J Grinbergs (@cjgrinbergs) August 17, 2016 [19]

She should be awarded the Pierre de Coubertin medal. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #Rio2016 [20] 🐴 https://t.co/EKpt9vrIPq [21]

— ✨#HelloMyNameIsJoan✨ (@thebestjoan) August 12, 2016 [22]

With so many powerful moments from the Olympics [23] this year, we imagine it might be difficult to choose a Pierre de Coubertin winner if there were to be one.