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Connecting Through Special Olympics: My Interview with the National Director of Special Olympics Russia

A couple of months ago, I had the opportunity to interview a Special Olympics Japan employee about the pandemic, the differences between our cultures, and our experiences with Special Olympics. I loved the opportunity of doing this and wanted to do it again.
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Special Olympics Announce Major Youth Basketball Tournament

Special Olympics Europe Eurasia has today—on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities—announced that the first ever European Unified Youth Basketball Tournament will take place in Sansepolcro, Italy in October 2021.
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Italian Football Stars show their support for European Football Week!

Former Juventus stars David Trezeguet and Alessandro Del Piero showed their support for the athletes of Special Olympics and our work with refugees by joining recent Special Olympics European Football Week activities!
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Special Olympics Athlete Leader becomes first person with Intellectual Disabilities to enroll in University in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Njegoš Mihajlović, athlete leader and Special Olympics medallist has become the first person with intellectual disabilities to enrol in a University in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Special Olympics Featured in Latest Humans of New York Book

Three Special Olympics athletes are featured in the recently released New York Times Best Seller Humans.
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Three Artists Win First Stage of World Winter Games Kazan 2022 Logo Design Contest

As the second and final stage of the Special Olympics World Winter Games Kazan 2022 logo contest kicks off, three ideas proposed by the first stage winners will be used as blueprints to create the final emblem.
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Special Olympics Switzerland Challenges Us to Get Active!

The Special Olympics Switzerland Challenge is a new multilingual website and activity hub where athletes can participate in digital training sessions and competitions, no matter where in the world they are!
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Special Olympics Great Britain Athlete Raises Money with His Art

Special Olympics Great Britain athlete Niall Guite, a basketball gold medalist, has drawn more than 100 pictures of U.K. football (soccer) stadiums and has raised £4,298 so far by selling them.
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Special Olympics Germany Football Coach Rob van Someren Brand

My name is Rob van Someren Brand, and I’m a football coach for Special Olympics Germany in Berlin.
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Swedish National TV Tells Story of Athletes’ Journey To World Games 2019

A new Swedish TV show, Heja Sverigelaget! (Go, Team Sweden!), which follows the journey of four Special Olympics athletes to World Games 2019 in Abu Dhabi, has captured the imagination of the Swedish public!
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