Touching moments in sports in 2021

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56-year-old French driver Stephane Peterhansel (R) and his teammate gesture the No. 14 to celebrate his Dakar Rally victory for a record 14 times, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, January 15, 2021. /CFP

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs scrimmage lines are seen during the first quarter of Super Bowl LV at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, U.S., February 7, 2021. /CFP

Players of Denmark react as teammate Christian Eriksen receives medical treatment for cardiac arrest during the Euro 2020 group match between Denmark and Finland in Copenhagen, Denmark, June 12, 2021. /CFP

Cyclists in action on the last day of the Tour of Qinghai Lake in northwest China's Qinghai Province, July 18, 2021. The world's highest road cycling race, with an average altitude of 3,000 meters above sea level on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, sees 17 teams, all from China due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It has eight stages on as many days for a total distance of 1,439 km. /CFP

Yang Qian of China celebrates after winning the first gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in the women's 10-meter air rifle final in Tokyo, Japan, July 24, 2021. /CFP

Lionel Messi greets fans of Paris Saint Germain after his blockbuster move from FC Barcelona to PSG at Parc des Princes in Paris, France, August 11, 2021. /CFP

Liu Cuiqing (R) of China runs along with her guide Xu Donglin on their way to winning the gold in the para-athletics women's 100 meters T11 event at the Tokyo Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, August 30, 2021. /CFP

Edward Gaming, or known as EDG, from League of Legends (LOL) Pro League celebrates after defeating DWG KIA from LOL Champions Korea to win the 2021 LOL World Championship Final in Reykjavík, Iceland, November 6, 2021. /CFP

A blind girl and her father participate in the 38th Athens Classic Marathon at the Panathenaic stadium in Athens, Greece, November 14, 2021. /CFP

Chinese snooker player Zhao Xintong, 24, lifts the trophy after the UK Snooker Championship final, as only the event's fourth non-British winner, at the York Barbican in England, December 5, 2021. /CFP

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