This sweet gesture of a karate champion is winning the internet

Iran’s Farzad Safavi Vardin won gold at the 2023 Para-Karate Championship held in Malaysia.

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A wholesome gesture of sportsmanship and joy displayed by para karate champion Farzad Safavi Vardin is going viral. On July 22, Iran’s Vardin won gold at the 2023 Para-Karate Championship in the ‘Intellectually Impaired Male’ category.

After he was announced as the winner in Melaka, Malaysia, Vardin went towards his opponent who was standing next to him and raised his hand up, as a gesture of victory. Soon the match’s moderators also joined the karate champions and everyone held hands and raised them.

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On Friday, the popular Instagram page Good News Movement shared this clip online. So far, it has over 1.5 lakh likes.

Commenting on it, an Instagram user wrote, “Such sweet souls I wish they would never get any disappointment or sadness in their lives, even if it’s a tournament. We all love them so much ”.

Another person wrote, “I am a speech language therapist… And I deal with special needs children all the time. Over the years I have learnt that they show more compassion and empathy to the others than our ” normal” child!! They preserve their innocence forever and that’s what makes them so special!! Kudos to the winner for sharing his Winning moment so beautifully with his opponent ”.

In 2015, the World Karate Federation started the Para Karate Commission to promote karate among athletes with disabilities. Today, the Para Karate Commission holds competitions for “wheelchair athletes, visually impaired athletes, and athletes with mental disabilities”.

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