something like that happened also at the Italian U-23 Fencing Champs in the women's Epee.
an athlete was leading the final by a good margin with a few secs to go, but severely sprained her ankle.
after all the medical checks, she was clearly not in condition to continue, and her opponent could have easily turned the score around in the remaining time.
but she decided to kill the clock and leave her rival win a deserved title.
that sportsmanship act got a lot of attention in our media, more than our top guys winning medals all around the world.