Special Olympics World Games
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The Special Olympics World Games, also known as Special Olympiad, are an international sporting event for participants with intellectual disabilities, organised by the IOC-recognised Special Olympics
The crowd at the Special Olympics World Games Opening Ceremony in Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland, 2003
Children competing in the 2011 Special Olympics World Games
Shanghai 2007 Special Olympics Mascot
Paralympic Games
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The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since t
Special Olympics World Games
…worldwide. 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…
Sir Ludwig Guttmann
IPC headquarters in Bonn
Opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens
A medal ceremony during the 2010 Winter Paralympics