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Community Impact

Special Olympics Korea Held National Weight Lifting Championship

By Minjee Kim, June 19, 2018
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Around 120 participants including 34 athletes with intellectual disabilities took part in the competition.
Community Impact

A New Milestone for Special Olympics in Greece

By Ecem Acar, July 25, 2017
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Special Olympics Hellas in Greece is celebrating a fantastic accomplishment!
Athletes

Iraqi Athlete Aims High at MENA Regional Games

By Noah Gaballah, March 12, 2018
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Growing up, Mohamed Kheir Allah dealt with isolation and stigma. Find out what he has learned about himself by competing.
Athletes

Multisport Star Daina Shilts Embraces Being Different

By Special Olympics Staff, July 10, 2017
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The snowboarder is an athlete leader who’s as dynamic on the speaker’s podium as she is on the slopes.
Tributes

A Letter from Donna de Varona

You have opened the eyes of millions to the possibility of the human spirit.
In the News

Athletes Compete in X-cellent Skiing and Snowboarding at the 2020 X Games

By Carolyn Phillips, January 24, 2020
22 people pose in a group photo on the slopes after competing. All of them are wearing brightly colored snow clothes, goggles, and helmets. One of them holds a snowboard.
On 23 January, 10 pairs of Special Olympics athletes and professional snowboarders returned for the sixth annual Unified Snowboarding Competition at the X Games in Aspen, Colorado. For the first time ever, six teams of two, including one Special Olympics athlete and one professional skier, competed in the first-ever Unified Skiing Competition at the X Games.

Global Unified Schools

Two Unified players giving one another a high-5 on the field.
Special Olympics Unified Schools is defined as a pre-school, primary school, secondary school, college or university offering Unified Sports opportunities to its students all across the globe.

Unified Schools programming is designed to facilitate Special Olympics Unified Sports, provide classroom and community experiences that reduce bullying and exclusion, promote healthy activities, combat stereotypes and negative attitudes, eliminate hurtful language in schools, and engage young people in activities that lead to improved behavior and school climate.
Press Releases

Special Olympics Athletes Surprised with Billboard Reveal in New York City

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Athletes launch new ‘Yeah, I am Special’ collection on Giving Tuesday to show the true meaning of ‘special’

Haley Romines

Haley Romines - SOTN - US Youth Ambassador
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