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The inaugural Badger State Games were held in Madison in 1985, with ceremonies including an Olympic-style torch relay that circled the state over the course of two weeks. Wisconsin became the sixteenth state to hold a statewide multi-sport event, [3] with the National Congress of State Games created in 1988 to serve as their governing body.
The Olympic Games, part of the Olympic movement, was the first major, modern, multi-sport event of international significance. A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports between organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states.
The Special Olympics Europe Eurasia Regional Research centre is based at the University of Ulster Jordanstown. [68] As part of their 50th anniversary, the Special Olympics created the first Unified Cup. [69] The first competition is a soccer tournament with 440 athletes from 24 countries. [70] [71]
USA twins gymnasts Paul (L) and Morgan Hamm are shown Aug. 14, 2004, at the Olympic Indoor Hall during the men's gymnastics artistic qualification of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.
In 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Graz and Schladming in Styria, Austria. This marked a return: Salzburg and Schladming, Austria hosted the fifth Special Olympics World Winter Games in 1993. These were the first Special Olympics World Games held outside the United States. The 2017 World Winter Games were held on March 14–25, 2017 ...
As we get closer to Paris, these are the Wisconsin-connected athletes we expect to see in the 2024 Summer Olympics
She attended Wisconsin's Eagle River High School, but as the school had no swim team, her swim training continued with the YMCA, where she was a National Champion by her High School Senior Year. In 1972, Mary qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in Chicago, where she placed 14th in the 100-yard butterfly. [2] [3]
The 1999 Special Olympics World Summer Games were held in Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill in North Carolina, United States between June 26 and July 4, 1999. The events in 19 sports were predominantly held on the campuses of North Carolina State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and North Carolina Central University.