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Athletes

Special Olympics Athlete Shows Leadership as a Paralympics Coach

By Carolyn Phillips, November 12, 2018
Ephraim experiencing sitting in a wheel chair surrounded by para-olympians. An athlete on either side of him is holding a basketball.
Ephraim Mohlakane is demonstrating the true power of inclusion by stepping up as a leader outside of the Special Olympics community.
In the News

Special Olympics Live to Stream on July 19 2pm Pacific

Streamathon July
The Special Olympics Live stream-a-thon will be hosted by two LA-based Unified Schools teammates—Diego Salazar and Iantha Kahn—along with Max Carver, actor and enthusiastic Special Olympics supporter, and Lindsay Miller, award-winning journalist and news/culture director at POPSUGAR.
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MLB News Shares Video of New Special Olympics Ambassadors Willson Contreras and Gleyber Torres

Chicago Cubs catcher Willson Contreras on the right and New York Yankees infielder Gleyber Torres on the left.
Chicago Cubs catcher Willson Contreras and New York Yankees infielder Gleyber Torres express their excitement about being named Global Ambassadors with Special Olympics athletes during Zoom call.
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UAE Leaders Participate in Walk Unified

H.H. Sheikh Abdullah poses for a selfie with two Special Olympics Abu Dhabi athletes.
H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, led hundreds of people from across the UAE in a Walk Unified event.
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Watch the Flame of Hope Lighting Ceremony

Girl kneeling down and lighting flame of hope from the reflective dish, athletes and spectators are in the background.
During a moving ceremony in Athens, Greece the Flame of Hope torch was lit by the rays of the sun as the first part of its journey to the Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019.
Athletes

Team Player on the Field—And Off

Michel playing football on the right and in his mechanics shirt on the left.
Michel needed a job to support his mother and younger siblings, but he had yet to develop the social and adaptive skills that are so necessary in the workplace. Among other things, he had to adapt to working and communicating with a variety of people.
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Designing a More Inclusive World

Special Olympics New York and Parsons School of Design students gathered at a work table to create figure skating clothing designs.
As part of an effort to amplify the voice of Special Olympics across the world of sport and fashion, Special Olympics teamed up with the New School’s Parsons School of Design. The class began in January 2020 and was the first time Parsons worked to include people with intellectual disabilities in their curriculum.
In the News

“They empowered me, and I empowered them” – Gerald Mballe on Live Like You Play podcast

Close-up of a young man smiling and wearing glasses next to an inspirational quote.
Gerald Mballe, long time Special Olympics Italy Unified Partner and now Advisor for Special Olympics Europe Eurasia, shares a powerful and moving conversation about his life and sport with David Eades on Sports for Humanity's podcast, Live Like You Play.

Augustine Kokukokor: Do it Well

Augustine Kokukokor: Do it Well
Former police commissioner, pharmacist and business leader Augustine Kokukokor shares his story of inclusion with athlete leader Isaac Quansah Otchere.
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