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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 ...
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.
In the mid-1960s, Hayden also developed an idea for national games, and his work brought him to the attention of the Kennedy Foundation. He shared his ideas for national games, while taking a teaching sabbatical and working for the foundation. [20] The first Special Olympics games were held on July 20, 1968, at Soldier Field in Chicago.
April 10 WWOS broadcasts the first-ever World Winter Games (Special Olympics) from Austria. April 24 World Gymnastics Championships. May 1 Kentucky Derby. May 15 Preakness Stakes. May 22 A retrospective show which features the top 10 elements of WWOS (1961–present).
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 ...
[5] [6] Hayden served as executive director of the Special Olympics from 1968 to 1972, [3] founded and lead the Office of European Affairs for Special Olympics International in Paris from 1988 to 1990, [7] and was a special consultant to the Canadian Special Olympics from 1994 to 2000.
Few Olympians have a less likely journey to Paris than this Texas A&M Commerce athlete. How did he punch his ticket to the Summer Olympics. How one Mansfield native went from Division II to the ...
[10] The more recent Special Olympics World Summer Games were held June 17–25, 2023 in Berlin, Germany. These were the first Special Olympics World Games to be held in Germany. [11] Competitions were held in 24 sports. Turin, Italy will host the next World Winter Games in March 2025. It will mark the first time that Italy has hosted the ...