Asia Pacific
Bharat Athlete Leaders Attend Leadership Academy
A new group of Special Olympics leaders completed the Leadership Academy workshop in Kolkata, India.
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Football Coaches Get Lessons From Special Olympics Asia Pacific
Singapore hosted Module 1 of the Football Coach development programme organised in collaboration with Tottenham Hotspurs FC.
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How a Nine-Year-Old Athlete Had His Life Changed
Liui’a Nikosiaki had his left leg amputated after a car hit him. He was given crutches, but he outgrew them. Then Fit Feet came along.
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Sureka Gammeddage Is No Stranger to Obstacles
From training without shoes to using broomsticks in floorball practice, she knows what it means to persevere.
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How Sam Muir-James Conquered Lake Taupo
The Special Olympics New Zealand athlete powered through an amazing 40.5km swim from Taupo to Turangi.
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Youngest Member of Bangladesh Team Takes Silver
Learn just how far Mohammad Junaet Islam has come since coaches first met him two years ago.
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Floorball Athletes Prove Power of Perseverance
Indonesian floorball athletes had challenges due to lack of equipment and a proper venue. Learn what they did to stay sharp.
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Learning Perseverance in the Mountains of Pakistan
Special Olympics athlete Parvez works as a laborer in a wheat field. That may have shaped him into the athlete he is today.
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Brent's Year of Firsts
The last year has been a year of firsts for Brent Heslehurst: He was chosen to represent Australia for the first time at a Special Olympics World Winter Games and he welcomed his first child with his wife, Emily.
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Meet Ankush: From Outcast to Role Model
Golf helps Ankush practice concentration and gain respect—in India, a country where his disabilities had previously brought stigma.