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John Fielding,
CEO
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Special Olympics is unique in that it provides for competition at all levels of ability by assigning them to competition divisions based on both age and actual performance.
Special Olympics is a global organization that provides year-round sports training and competition in 22 Olympic sports for children and adults with developmental disabilities.
The 2002 Olympics brought in their wake a deluge of real estate development schemes in the Wasatch on privately owned land but in areas affecting watershed and recreation uses of mountain sites.
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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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Other Special Olympics Programs Unified Sports Programs integrate athletes with and without developmental disabilities in training and competition programs as well as social activities.
Special Olympics Massachusetts was chartered by the Governor in 1971 to meet the needs of citizens with mental retardation throughout the state of Massachusetts.
Special Olympics Indiana is a non-profit organization that receives no federal, state or local funding.
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Zhang Xian Qian,
Ex-Olympic Swimmer
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Hidehiko Yoshida is a gold medal winner at the Barcelona Olympics and a 1999 world champion who will be fighting in his first professional event.
Special Olympics Athletes are provided year-round opportunities to train in 26 official sports and to compete in six statewide Games, and in over 120 qualifying and area events throughout the state.
A Special Olympics athlete from Des Moines has been selected as one of 12 Global Messengers from around the world to represent the Special Olympics movement.
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Shane Kelly,
Bar Tender
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Some Special Olympics Alpine skiing athletes may reach speeds of up to 64 kilometers per hour as they ski down a mountain.
It is not the koalas or the Olympics which make Australia such a wonderful country.
The Olympics The Olympics are a huge sporting event that contains many different sports and consists of many different countries from around the world.
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