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Athletes

Floorball Ingenuity: How Namibia Improvised On and Off the Court

A man in a Namibia shirt walks out into a field of tall grass
Through creativity, partnership, and improvised equipment, Namibia’s floorball team has found a curious path to not only play the sport, but to excel and reach the world stage in Turin for the 2025 World Winter Games.
Athletes

Hays on the Hill: My 2023 Capitol Hill Day Experience

A group of Special Olympics athletes, Unified partners and staff members pose for a photo outside the US Capitol.
This year's Capitol Hill Day wasn't my first (I've been to eight others!), but it was our first in-person Hill Day in several years and I was so excited to be back! It was amazing to see so many of my favorite people in person and to meet so many new people.
Athletes

Good Friends

By Benjamin Collins, July 30, 2021
Exsaul and Rodrigo sit at a desk next to each other, each holding papers and smiling at the camera.
Athlete Ben Collins interviews friend and Unified Youth Leadership pair for International Day of Friendship.
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Game On: FanSided Expands Unified Storytelling Coverage for Super Bowl Week and Big Game with Hire of Two Special Olympics Athletes

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[New Orleans, LA – January 29, 2025] For the past 12 years, Special Olympics has built its unified presence on Super Bowl Media Row, inviting Special Olympics athletes and international celebrity supporters and partners to help change perceptions of what a more inclusive world can, and should be.
Community Impact

Eyes on the Prize at World Games: Lions Clubs International Foundation Opening Eyes Program

By Erin Fish, AIPS Young Reporter, USA, March 20, 2019
Sayra Paola Barrios, Special Olympics Guatemala Gymnastics athlete, patiently waits to receive her new prescription glasses from the Special Olympics-Lions Club International Opening Eyes Program.
If you’ve never seen the world clearly, how would you know you are missing something?
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Topgolf and Special Olympics to Hold a Giving Season on September 15 – October 31

Woman standing with a young man at a topgolf facility.
Players can round up at checkout and a portion of proceeds from online reservations will go to Special Olympics
Community Impact

LaCapra Inspires Students, Makes Impact Beyond Competition

By RJ Nealon, April 02, 2021
Students gathered together in the school’s gym to celebrate coach LaCapra’s award.
Coach LaCapra, of Oxford High School, was awarded the SONA Outstanding Coach award for Unified Champion Schools.
Athletes

A Night at the Capitol: The Road to Abu Dhabi

By Carolyn Phillips, March 20, 2020
Five people stand at a podium at the U.S. Senate. They are framed by the U.S. flag on the left side and by the Senate flag on the right side.
On Thursday, 5 March 2020, Members of Congress, the UAE Embassy, and Special Olympics USA athletes from Southern California, Virginia, D.C., Maryland, Ohio, and Connecticut gathered for a screening of The Road to Abu Dhabi, a documentary about the Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019.
Community Impact

The Power of Unified Sports Comes to Israel

Shay Dagan Plessman presenting Israeli President Reuven Rivlin with a Special Olympics football.
Unified football and judo followed by an official reception at the residence of the President were just some of the highlights of the recent launch of Special Olympics Israel.
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