Just do it: the beautiful will and determination of Justin Gallegos, Nike’s first athlete with CP

His story: 

Nike has signed Justin Gallegos as the sportswear brand’s first professional athlete with cerebral palsy — and a new video shows the emotional moment that the runner got the news.

Gallegos, a runner on the club team at the University of Oregon, had just finished up a race when John Douglass, Nike’s insights director, surprised him with a contract, Yahoo! Sports reported.

In Elevation 0m’s video, Douglass says to a group of runners, “I just wanted to share something with you guys. One of your teammates has been working pretty hard the last couple years, and Nike has recognized that. So today I am giving him the Nike contract [to be an] official Nike athlete.”

Read more. And watch the powerful video below.