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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.
Held in Berlin, Germany, the Special Olympics lasted nine days, from 17 to 25 June 2023. [1] It marked the first time that Germany has hosted the Special Olympics World Games. [ 2 ] About 6,500 athletes and unified partners from approximately 178 countries competed in 26 sports, supported by 3,000 coaches and 18,000 volunteers.
The 2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games, officially known as the XII Special Olympics World Winter Games. and commonly known as Torino 2025, (Italian: XII Giochi Mondiali Invernali Special Olympics) is a planned international multi-sport event. It will be the 12th Special Olympics World Winter Games. [1] They are scheduled to take place in ...
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 ...
Youth and Sports Minister Dito Ariotedjo gladly welcomed the offer from Special Olympics International (SOI) for Indonesia to take the opportunity to host the 2027 Special Olympics World Games. [4] This would've been the first time the Special Olympics World Games (summer or winter) would be held in the Southern Hemisphere, and only the sixth ...
Participants 'go for the cold' during the Special Olympics 2024 Richmond Polar Plunge at Pocahontas State Park on December 9, 2023. ... The night before the big event, I created a crazy costume. ...
Oct. 1—More than 1,000 athletes and several thousand of their fans will be in Odessa this week for the Special Olympics Fall Classic. Held in Odessa and Midland, it will feature swimming, golf ...
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]