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Seeing Double: Novie Craven Catches Up with The Chin Twins

Inclusion Revolution Radio Podcast Host, Novie Craven, Interviews The Chin Twins
Novie Craven catches up with the Chin Twins in a fun interview.
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Li Na Inspires Special Olympics Athletes at Macau Tennis Academy

Li Na signs tennis balls for Special Olympics athletes.
Professional tennis player Li Na inspires Special Olympics athletes at Macau Tennis Academy.
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Special Olympics Super Bowl LVI Media Recap

Super Bowl LVI Radio Row with Emma Broyles, Miss America 2022
For the ninth consecutive year Special Olympics capitalized on the environment as a massive storytelling platform for the movement despite a shift primarily to a virtual setting.
Athletes

Thea Weinert Forms Bond with UNC Gymnastics Team, Gains a Newfound Level of Confidence

By RJ Nealon, March 21, 2022
A group of 5 women stand together outside. They are holding hands and wearing gymnastics leotards.
Thea Weinert loves to do backflips. The 12-year-old especially loves it when her teammates at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill help her. “I love to hang out with the girls,” Weinert says. “Gymnastics is one of my favorite sports because of the girls—and it just makes me happy seeing them.”
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Special Olympics Faces of Basketball Reaches Audience of 418 Million

A collage of seven pictures of the faces of athletes, coaches and partners that produced the video for the Faces of Basketball website.
The website gathered training videos, events, profile cards and news stories on a unique platform to provide a hybrid online-offline experience of European Basketball Week 2021.
Athletes

Athlete Finds Health, Motivation in Virtual Fitness

By RJ Nealon, March 22, 2022
Amber standing for a picture with her red tail hawk
Amber Gertsch has a passion for everything she does—taking care of her red-tail hawk, sword-fighting, being an emergency medical technician—but some things stand out more than others.
Athletes

Special Olympics Canada Athlete Excels in Gym & Kitchen

Male athlete squats on stage in a competition.
Special Olympics Canada athlete Michael Bandler, a four-time SO World Games medalist, has a passion for the culinary arts and uses his skills in the kitchen to help him train.
Athletes

Kayla Cornell Has a Message for Fellow Special Olympics Athletes: Let’s Get Healthy Together

By RJ Nealon, March 26, 2022
A Special Olympics athlete stands in a kitchen. She's cutting vegetables.
Kayla Cornell is the head chef in her cooking class for individuals with intellectual disabilities.
Community Impact

What’s in a Name? For the Special Olympics North America Lifetime Achievement Award, It’s All About Longtime Coach Annette Lynch

By RJ Nealon, March 30, 2022
A group of Special Olympics basketball athletes and their coaches pose for a group photo.
A highly decorated Special Olympics coach, Annette Lynch has several favorite memories, but there is one in particular that stands out. Her Special Olympics Virginia Area 26 basketball team, the Dulles Cowboys, surprisingly qualified for the 1995 Special Olympics World Games in New Haven, Connecticut.
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Style of Sport Honors Special Olympics Athlete Chris Nikic

Chris Nikic dressed in bicycle gear hugs his dad wearing a bright orange shirt.
The following is an excerpt by Style of Sport from the article titled The IRONMAN:
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