This beautiful smile belongs to Guillermo Gracia, a champion of swimming with Down Syndrome who has managed to take first place in five tests at the Spanish Swimming Championships of the Federation of Sports for People with Intellectual Disabilities (FEDDI) and beat The national record in the category 200 meters styles.
Such a feat deserved a great tribute from his classmates, who went out to meet him with banners. The scene was recorded by his mother and the video is not suitable for people with easy tears ...
Joy in its purest form
This is what Guillermo's face conveys when he approaches his school and hears the cries of his classmates from the Santa Cecilia Las Carmelitas school in Cáceres. The companions who have not been able to go out to meet him on the street look out the windows to join a scandalous ovation that ends with a big collective hug To the hero of the school. The images, recorded by his mother, Lorena, have been disseminated by the club where the champion trains and have already been reproduced more than 25,000 times:
Used to win
It is not the first time that his comrades congratulate Guillermo, 14, for his sporting triumphs. Last year, the children in his class came out to meet him with the swimming cap on after returning from the Spanish Championship with four medals.
Now, his dream is to go to the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo. For this he trains every day for two hours after school.
What started at three years being a therapy to develop motor skills, has become the goal of Guillermo, who responds without hesitation that when he is older he wants to be a swimmer. Hopefully many more receptions like this.
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