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participants in the Canandaigua Polar Plunge on Saturday were "freezin' for a reason," as organizers of the fundraiser for Special Olympics put it. See the photos.
Participants 'go for the cold' during the Special Olympics 2024 Richmond Polar Plunge at Pocahontas State Park on December 9, 2023. ... to provide year-round sports training and athletic ...
Since 2017, the South Bend Cubs have raised more than $130,000 through the Polar Plunge. Special Olympics Indiana is a nonprofit organization that is part of the global Special Olympics movement ...
The Polar Bear Plunge event in Maryland is the largest polar bear plunge in the United States. It is held annually at Sandy Point State Park and raises funds for the Special Olympics. [ 42 ] Sponsored by the Maryland State Police , in 2007, Plungapalooza raised $2.2 million and had 7,400 participants. [ 43 ]
In 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games. [7] These games were the first Special Olympics World Summer Games held in the United States in 16 years since the 1999 Summer Games held in Raleigh, North Carolina. In 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Graz and Schladming in Styria, Austria. This marked a return: Salzburg and Schladming ...
Special Olympics National Summer Games in New Zealand [159] 1985: 2022: 4 New Zealand, Hamilton: Regional: Disabled: Special Olympics National Winter Games in New Zealand: 2005: 2023: 4 New Zealand, TBA: Regional: Disabled: Special Olympics USA: 2006: 2026: 4 United States, Minnesota: Regional: Disabled: Special Olympics Summer World Games ...
The Seaside Heights Polar Bear Plunge to benefit Special Olympics takes place with thousands of participants. Approximately $2.4million was raised this year. Seaside Heights, NJ Saturday, February ...
Of the athletes who participated in two or more Summer Olympics in two different sports, 49 are Swedish and 23 of them participated in the home Olympics in Stockholm 1912. Gwynne Evans , [ 2 ] Leo Goodwin , Frank Kugler [ 1 ] and Joe Lydon [ 2 ] are the only athletes to win medals in three different sports.