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Community Impact

Celebrating Special Olympics Siblings

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Dive into the stories of three Special Olympics siblings who live to break the barriers to inclusion.
Athletes

Special Olympics Actress Anna Sargent Breakout Role in Take Me Home at Sundance Film Festival

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Special Olympics Florida athlete and actress Anna Sargent debuts her acting talents in the film Take Me Home, written and directed by Anna’s sister Liz Sargent, at the Sundance Film Festival as it hits the big screen for the first time.
Sport Partnerships

Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation

The Asian and Oceania Member Federations of the International Floorball Federation decided to form the Asian and Oceania Floorball Confederation (AOFC) on the occasion of the second Asian Summit during the World Floorball Championships 2005, in Singapore. AOFC and Special Olympics East Asia signed an MOU in 2022 that sets out the general principles of mutual cooperation in area of promotion of floorball sport amongst East Asia.
Press Releases

Topgolf Will Become Global Medaled Event in Special Olympics

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Beginning in 2024, Special Olympics athletes can compete in Topgolf as an individual or as an officially sanctioned team
Community Impact

Tune in to learn more about the Special Olympics Festival at the World Games with Natalie Ullrich

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In this week’s episode, Josh and Novie spoke with Natalie Ullrich, senior manager of the Special Olympics Festival at the World Games.
Press Releases

The Torch of Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023 is Presented

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On June 7, the flame of the Special Olympics World Games will be lit in Athens.
Sports Essentials

Sport Impact Standards

The Sport Impact Standards are enhanced processes of both written and implemented protocols that produce high quality sports competition. At Special Olympics World Games and International Single Sport Invitational events, the optimum athlete experience is driven by unprecedented standards of quality across four essential pillars: Optimum Performance Environment, Presentation of Competition, Quota Allocation Refinement, and General Sport Operations.
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PMIEF Announces More Than US$5 Million Worth of Grants to Help Seven Youth-Focused Non-Profits Shape the Next Generation of Leaders

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Through the partnership with PMIEF, SO Ukraine will work with an organization named Reigniting Inclusion Across Ukraine to train staff, coaches and athletes on program management and rebuild inclusive youth programming across Ukraine.
Athletes

World Games Spotlight: Anas Khalil Al-Zerba, Palestine

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Anas Al-Zerba has made a name for himself as a role model for people with intellectual disabilities, for people with Down syndrome—and for everybody else!
Athletes

Taking “Play Unified” to the Next Level

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Special Olympics is all about bringing out the best in everyone. Special Olympics Unified Sports, which brings together people with and without intellectual disabilities, takes this transformation to another level. Now, meet a Unified Basketball team from Florida, USA that’s taking the power of “playing unified” to the global level at the 2023 World Games in Berlin.
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