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Special Olympics Unified Football World Cup Paris 2026 Day 2 Highlights

Special Olympics Unified Football World Cup Paris 2026 Day 2 Highlights
For Special Olympics Costa Rica Head Coach Mariana Molina, every training session, every match, and every opportunity is about so much more than the final score.
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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.

It’s at the local level—right here—where interested volunteers meet the athletes. That’s where the perceptions start to change and where the miracle of transformation takes place. Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Those activities give them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship.

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Casamance: The Community Committed to the Health of Children with Disabilities

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The following is an excerpt from a podcast episode titled “Casamance: the community committed to the health of children with disabilities.”
Athletes

World Refugee Day 2025: Polina Finds Meaning Through Sport in Romania

A young girl faces the camera holding a medal and a small bunch of flowers.
13-year-old Polina from Ukraine struggled with her new life when she first arrived in Romania but, with the support of teachers, friends and Special Olympics, she began to thrive. Polina now enjoys a full life of art and sport—even achieving bronze at the recent Special Olympics Romania National Games!
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Female Athletes Speak to the Power of Inclusion at the Majlis

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Female Special Olympics athletes testified to the power of inclusion during a discussion at the Mohamed Bin Zayed Majlis lecture on 13 March, 2019.
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After Unified Cup Success, Dominique DeHerrera Aims for Even Bigger Name

By RJ Nealon, September 30, 2022
A female Special Olympics soccer athlete runs down the soccer field, dribbling the ball.
Dominique DeHerrera may be undersized, but her size doesn’t hold her back on the soccer pitch. Having played the sport since the age of four, the now 20-year-old DeHerrera gets to show her athletic ability and intense competitive spirit at the forward position. Her fierce and mighty style of play has created opportunities that only a select few get to experience.
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Coach’s Three-Decade-Long Involvement with Special Olympics Leads to Outstanding Coach Nomination

By RJ Nealon, December 20, 2022
A Special Olympics athlete stands next to her coach for a photo.
Getting started with the movement 30 years ago after fostering a young man with intellectual disabilities, she has been a certified coach since 2006, with swimming being her favorite sport.
Athletes

From Adversity To Triumph – An Inspiring Journey

Young woman deadlifting. Text reads: Obstacles are opportunities in disguise. Embrace them to break through to greatness.
“These kids we label ‘special’, are truly born to do special things in their lives!”
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