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Gold Medalist James Kropp on Staying Fit

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My name is James Kropp, and I am a Special Olympics athlete competing in bocce and bowling. I have won many medals, including a gold in bocce.
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Cheers for Champions 2025

Thousands of athletes with intellectual disabilities—from all around the globe—are preparing to compete and set new personal bests at the Special Olympics World Winter Games Turin 2025. This will be the largest sports and humanitarian event on the planet—and the first World Winter Games in eight years! The action begins March 8.

Join us as we build a future of inclusion and empowerment for people with intellectual disabilities in sports, education, health and leadership. Meet just a few of these extraordinary athletes:

How Chris Nikic Made History

Chris Nikic standing in front of a pool in Special Olympics Training gear
Special Olympics athlete becomes the first person with Down syndrome to complete an IRONMAN triathlon

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Special Olympics Featured in Latest Humans of New York Book

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Three Special Olympics athletes are featured in the recently released New York Times Best Seller Humans.

Yasmin Hassan

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Irish Golfers Look Back on Berlin: “It’s the Best Thing You’ll Ever do!”

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As the movement celebrates the one-year anniversary of the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023, Irish golfing twins Sarah and Trudy Hyland reflect on the impact of the Games.
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Special Olympics is a global organization that serves athletes with intellectual disabilities working with hundreds of thousands of volunteers and coaches each year. Since the establishment of Special Olympics in 1968, the number of people with and without intellectual disabilities who are involved with the organization has been growing, but the unmet need to reach more people with intellectual disabilities is staggering.
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