Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Special Olympics programs are available for athletes free of charge. More than 5.7 million athletes and Unified Sports partners are involved in Special Olympics sports training and competition in 204 countries and territories. [47] The organization offers year-round training and competition in 32 Olympic-style summer and winter sports. [48]
Feb. 13—University of Texas Permian Basin has become an official Special Olympics college program and a Special Olympics student organization has been created. A community kick-off is set for ...
May 23—Five officers from the Odessa Police Department recently participated in the Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR) in support of the Special Olympics Texas (SOTX) Summer Games, held in San ...
Apr. 10—This October, Special Olympics Texas' annual Fall Classic state tournament will take place in the Permian Basin cities of Midland and Odessa on October 3-5. During the Fall Classic ...
Rafer Lewis Johnson (August 18, 1934 – December 2, 2020) was an American decathlete and film actor.He was the 1960 Olympic gold medalist in the decathlon, having won silver in 1956.
Some athletes preparing for the Olympics, Paralympics, and Pan American Games live at one of the OPTCs for a period of months or years, while others visit periodically with their respective national teams for training camps, coaching (especially in sports science and sports psychology), or physical testing. Foreign national teams are also ...
The 2014 Special Olympics USA Games were held from June 14 to 21 in New Jersey. [4] The Opening Ceremony was held at Prudential Center in Newark. [5] [6] Competition was held at venues throughout Mercer County including The College of New Jersey in the Trenton suburb of Ewing, [7] Rider University, Princeton University and Mercer County Park.
Alaska's first certified Special Olympics health coach Darci Owens lived a full life. Then she suffered a rare regressive disorder that left her catatonic