Dreaming Paralympics

The fifth-place winner of the 2nd joint Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance – UNICEF Iran photo contest “Children’s Lives during COVID-19 Pandemic”

Mahdieh Kermani
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Mahdieh Kermani
26 October 2021

 

Mohammad Mahdi is living with disability since he was born. Nevertheless, he and his family during the last five years have done their best to overcome this disability.

He went under surgery when he was 11 months old and after three months his first leg prosthetics were designed. It was the first step towards dreaming and tireless efforts.

In a family trip when he was 3 years old he used his hands to swim in the sea and proved that despite living with disability he can swim easily.

He says: “my dream is to participate in paralimbic games and win medals for Islamic Iran.” He is now working with his trainer to develop his abilities in sports. He is being trained on swimming and also, he learns English. If he can receive necessary support his dream to attend paralimbic games is achievable.

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Mahdieh Kermani
Mohammad Mahdi wears his prosthetic legs and practices in their yard every day. Her mother is an employee and does her best to make his son’s dream true which is participating in Paralympics.
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Mohamad Mahdi is swimming with the help of his trainer who believes he has powerful arms that can help him in swimming.
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Mohammad Mahdi and his family are coming back from a picnic. He enjoys the support of his devoted parents.
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The prosthetic legs of Mohammad Mahdi has been made by the financial support of a charity.
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After COVID-19 pandemic and to stay healthy and safe, Mohamad Mehdi is practicing in a secluded stadium.
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Mohammad Mehdi and his trainer are exercising aesthetic. His trainer, Sajjad Salarvand, is the third ultra-professional mountaineer living with disability. He lost both his legs in a car accident.
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Mohammad Mahdi and his trainer Abbas Dayani, world and Asian Para Games champion are doing workouts in Mehr Ayin Sports House stablished by Abbas Diyani. This facility is the first specialized gym for the people living with disability, autism, down syndrome, hyper active and general learning disability.
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Mohamad Mahdi is taking private classes in English. Sara Mohammadi is an English teacher. After visiting his Instagram page, she decided to teach her voluntarily.
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Painting is one of Mohammad Mahdi’s hobbies. He tries to visualize his daily life through hours of painting.
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Using his strong arms, Mohammad Mahdi reaches to the horizontal bar to exercise and make his arms even stronger.