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Special Olympics World Games take place every two years and alternate between Summer and Winter Games, a schedule similar to the Olympics and Paralympics. Attracting as many as 350,000 volunteers and coaches, plus several thousands of athletes, these World Games can be the world's largest sporting event of the year.
As in the Olympics, events are introduced in training and then added to the competitive schedule, and from there the list of sports and events continued to grow. Special Olympics has more than 30 Olympic-type individual and team sports that provide meaningful training and competition opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities.
Youth and Sports Minister Dito Ariotedjo gladly welcomed the offer from Special Olympics International (SOI) for Indonesia to take the opportunity to host the 2027 Special Olympics World Games. [4] This would've been the first time the Special Olympics World Games (summer or winter) would be held in the Southern Hemisphere, and only the sixth ...
List of countries ranked by the number of times they hosted or will host the Olympic Games Total Country Region First Year Last Year Summer Olympics Winter Olympics 10 United States: North America 1904: 2034: 5 (1904, 1932, 1984, 1996, 2028) 5 (1932, 1960, 1980, 2002, 2034) 7 France: Europe 1900: 2030: 3 (1900, 1924, 2024) 4 (1924, 1968, 1992 ...
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Venue/Event Status Winner/s 15 December 2023 – 3 Darts: 2024 PDC World Darts Championship: International Luke Humphries: 26 December 2023 – 5 Ice hockey: 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships: International United States: 28 December 2023 – 6 Ski jumping / 2023–24 Four Hills Tournament: International Ryōyū Kobayashi: 29 December ...
The Winter Olympics in Sochi have begun. Check back throughout the games for the latest schedules and medal counts for each competing country and athlete. Published: Saturday, Feb. 8, 4 a.m. | Updated: Sunday, Feb. 23, 9:27 a.m.
The 2014 Special Olympics USA Games were held from June 14 to 21 in New Jersey. [4] The Opening Ceremony was held at Prudential Center in Newark. [5] [6] Competition was held at venues throughout Mercer County including The College of New Jersey in the Trenton suburb of Ewing, [7] Rider University, Princeton University and Mercer County Park.