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Concluding its pilot run in 2006, The Special Olympics officially introduced Young Athletes, a sports program for children aged 2–7 with intellectual disabilities. It was designed to get the children exposed and interested in sports before they are eligible to compete in the Special Olympics.
Special Olympics is the world's largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, providing year-round training and activities to 5 million participants and Unified Sports partners in 172 countries. [2]
Year Team Sport Notes Ref 1987: Minnesota Twins: Baseball: World Series Champions (first team depicted on box) [6]1988: Washington Redskins: Football: Super Bowl XXII
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Special Olympics World Games take place every two years and alternate between Summer and Winter Games, a schedule similar to the Olympics and Paralympics. Attracting as many as 350,000 volunteers and coaches, plus several thousands of athletes, these World Games can be the world's largest sporting event of the year.
The 1924 games also were the first to be broadcasted live over the radio, and now live Olympics broadcasts are standard. Below is a glimpse of notable moments from the 1924 summer Olympics in Paris: