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Athletes

Gold Medal Snowboarder Andre Berg Takes Life in Stride

By Nance Larsen, March 22, 2017
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Andre Berg won gold in Snowboarding Super G 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games. Learn how an accident spurred him to compete.
Athletes

Gymnastics Chose Me

Gymnastics Chose Me
Alyssa Sims says Special Olympics helped her learn to, "not think of myself as having a disability." Hear her triumphant story.
In the News

Unified Relay Across America

Unified Relay Across America
From May to July 2015, more than 10,000 torchbearers took part in the Unified Relay Across America.
Athletes

Catherine Gruss: It's About More Than Sports

Catherine Gruss: It's About More Than Sports
Catherine learned what a huge—and life-changing—difference a visit to a Special Olympics Healthy Athletes clinic can make.
In the News

Museum Fans Get an Extra 'Special' Visit

Ricardo Thornton and wife, Donna, at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., with Special Olympics Virginia athlete Gavin Brodie. All three are standing in front of Ricardo's display with their hands up in celebration.
Special Olympics athlete Ricardo Thornton stopped by the National Museum of American History exhibit that features his own medal and jersey.
In the News

New Movie Puts a Spotlight on Inclusion

Bart Conner,Chelsea Werner, and Nadia Comaneci on the movie set at the Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy.
Inclusion is on full display in the new film Full Out 2 – You Got This! to be released digitally on Monday, 23 March 2020 for purchase and rental. The movie, based on a true story, chronicles the University of Oklahoma Women’s Gymnastics team as they try to recapture a national championship without their star athlete.

Unified Football World Cup Paris 2026

three footballers—two from one team, one from another—on the pitch playing a game.
In 2026, for the first time, France will host the Special Olympics Unified Football World Cup in Paris. This, the third edition of the Cup, will take place 5 – 11 July across venues in the heart of Paris. There will be 24 teams, 12 men's and 12 women's teams, consisting of athletes with intellectual disabilities and Unified partners (athletes without intellectual disabilities), competing for the Unified Football World Cup title.
Athletes

India's Abhishek Gogoi keeps going, despite setbacks

Abhishek Gogoi from Special Olympics India in a bike rac
It was a weekend of adjustment for cyclists from Bharat, as they got accustomed to the uphill/downhill raceway of the Yas Marina track in Abu Dhabi.
Athletes

Intense Competition at the First Ever Pan African Games

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The Special Olympics 1st Pan African Games, held 23rd – 31st January in Egypt, Cairo, brought together athletes from the Special Olympics African and Middle East North Africa regions.

50 Game Changers Portuguese

A ESPN e a Special Olympics uniram forças para uma iniciativa que conta as histórias dos momentos que mudaram as regras do jogo para alcançar um mundo mais inclusivo. Visite-nos toda semana para uma nova história de inclusão.
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