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Nearly 1,900 Health Screenings Performed in Three Days at Special Olympics Healthy Athletes®

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Over three days, Special Olympics Healthy Athletes®, made possible by the Golisano Foundation, conducted a total of 1,854 health screenings!
Athletes

Leveling the Field: Ugandan Youth Leading Change Through Soccer and Basketball

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Their shared love of soccer has brought them not only friendship but also a powerful mission: to unite children with and without intellectual disabilities through sports—and to fight bullying in their community.
Athletes

Everyone Belongs in Sport: MATP Skiers Take to the Slopes in Powerful Sport Demonstration

By Niamh Nelson, March 11, 2025
Two coaches high-5 while holding MATP ski apparatus.
Yesterday marks a historic day for the Special Olympics Motor Activity Training Program (MATP) when the first-ever MATP Demonstration took place at the Special Olympics World Winter Games Turin 2025.
Athletes

Snowboarder Earns First Medal of Special Olympics World Winter Games Turin 2025!

By Niamh Nelson, March 11, 2025
Three young adults holding raised hands in celebration showing off their medals.
Gonzalo Escobar from Special Olympics Chile earned the first medal of the Special Olympics World Winter Games Turin 2025!
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Henry Schein donates health care products to support Special Olympics Healthy Athletes® screenings at Special Olympics World Winter Games 2025 in Turin, Italy

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[Melville, NY (USA) – 12 March 2025] Henry Schein, Inc.—the world’s largest provider of health care solutions to office-based dental and medical practitioners—is supporting the Special Olympics Healthy Athletes® screenings at the Special Olympics World Winter Games Turin 2025, that take place from 8 to 15 March 2025 in Turin, Italy.
Athletes

When Special Olympics Finds You: An Unexpected Intersection of Medicine, Sport and Inclusion

By Kristin Hughes Srour, M.B.A., March 12, 2025
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While pursuing his medical degree at the University of Nairobi, Dr. Gome was an avid basketball player, dedicating his Saturdays to the sport he loved.
Athletes

Young Athletes Take the Floor

A group of young athletes playing parachute with balloons on top of the parachute.
Pala Giani Asti was a party this morning as over 200 children from 7 area schools gathered for Special Olympics Young Athletes.
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Global Youth Leadership Summit World Winter Games Turin 2025

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The final day of the Global Youth Leadership Summit focused on sustaining long-term change.
Athletes

Lead and Follow: Special Olympics Netherlands Unified DanceSport

Special Olympics Netherlands Unified partner Tim Spruijt, athlete Kenya Koene and head coach Irene Reniers
At just 3 years old, Special Olympics Netherlands athlete Kenya Koene began dancing. The footwork came naturally, as she followed in the footsteps of her mother, Irene Reniers, a longtime dancer.
Athletes

From a Training on a Volcano to the Competing in the Alps: Special Olympics Costa Rica Athletes Excel in Snowshoeing

By Olivia Duggan, March 13, 2025
Two women in red jackets wearing snowshoes sprint through the snow.
With no snow in Costa Rica, snowshoeing athletes Ashly Sanchez Ledezma and Emily Salguero Mata got creative with their training by practicing on a volcano.
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