Skater Keegan Messing holds Japanese flag for competitor Yuzuru Hanyu

A 27-year-old figure skater, Keegan Messing, from Canada has won hearts for his act from the world stage during the medal ceremony of a recent competition in Oakville. Messing won bronze at the 2019 Autumn Classic International and was on the victor's platform beside gold decoration champ, Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan. As the Japanese national song of devotion began to play, Messing turned on the platform and lifted the Japanese banner so Hanyu could see it during the festival. When the national anthem of Japan began to play, Messing unfurled the Japanese flag behind the podium and held it up while Hanyu faced it for the rest of the anthem. Sportsmanship from Keegan Messing at the Autumn Classic ⛸️. During the medal ceremony, the Canadian unfurled the Japanese flag for winner Yuzuru Hanyu to face throughout his national anthem. Recap from the #ACI19 men’s final: https://t.co/CzKZypDTnl@SkateCanada pic.twitter.com/FNJHvyMOON — Olympic Channel (@olympicchannel) September 15, 2019 READ: Russia: 10-year-old Legless Skateboarder Gets Shout-out From Tony Hawk Messing's courteousness was highlighted on the authority Olympic channel Twitter In light of the incident, Hanyu bowed to express gratitude toward Messing as the group cheered. However, this sort of thing isn't strange for the youthful figure skater. Keegan Messing has, for quite some time, been known for his thoughtfulness and regard toward his kindred rivals. Reddit client County Kildare has termed Keegan Messing as the most perfect person on earth. READ: Real-world Superheroes Teach Autistic Child Skateboarding, Get Hailed By His Mother And Offered A Pizza Party By Local Police Messing likely to represent Canada at Tokyo Olympics 2020 The remark highlighted connections to recordings of a portion of Messing's different snapshots of consideration, for example, paying immense regard to his rivals for an extraordinary exhibition as opposed to planning for his own. He had additionally had a past amenable minute on the platform in another challenge, where he let the champ venture up to the gold decoration spot from his platform. Keegan Messing might be representing Canada on the world stage at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. READ: Here's What Parineeti Chopra Did When Her Ice-skating Plan Failed, Details Inside READ: Ice Skating 'Ghoomar' Goes Viral

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Skater Keegan Messing holds Japanese flag for competitor Yuzuru Hanyu

27-year-old figure skater, Keegan Messing has won hearts for his act from the world stage during the medal ceremony of a recent competition in Oakville.

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