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Sargent Shriver Global Messengers 2024 – 2027

Young Athletes Take the Floor

Pala Giani Asti was a party this morning as over 200 children from 7 area schools gathered for Special Olympics Young Athletes.
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World Winter Games Turin 2025 Photo of the Day

The Special Olympics World Winter Games Turin 2025 is brimming with intense competition, inspiring stories, and heartfelt emotions. Dive into the spirit of these Games with our daily photo updates, capturing the essence of this extraordinary event.
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Strength of Kindness: Welcoming Champions at the Turin Winter Games Opening Ceremony

Special Olympics World Winter Games 2025 Kick Off with Heartfelt Opening Ceremony
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You are not Just Athletes, You are Champions!

As the athletes of Special Olympics prepare for the World Winter Games Turin 2025, high profile figures from across Europe send their best wishes for a successful, joyful and fearless World Winter Games!
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Special Olympics ‘Superpowers’ on Display at the Super Bowl

Special Olympics Unified reporters Malcom Harris-Gowdie and Wyatt Spalding teamed up with Fansided to conduct over 30 interviews in the lead up to Super Bowl LIX.
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Game On: FanSided Expands Unified Storytelling Coverage for Super Bowl Week and Big Game with Hire of Two Special Olympics Athletes

[New Orleans, LA – January 29, 2025] For the past 12 years, Special Olympics has built its unified presence on Super Bowl Media Row, inviting Special Olympics athletes and international celebrity supporters and partners to help change perceptions of what a more inclusive world can, and should be.
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Athlete Leaders of Europe Eurasia: Our 2024 Highlights!

As the year draws to a close, four Athlete Leaders from across our region, Kiera, Margaret, Gilmour and Inge reflect on their highlights from 2024 and look forward to the year to come!
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“Our Presence is a Change for the Better”: Special Olympics Athletes Journey into Public Service

Malta’s Gilmour Borg and Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Edna Šunjić have achieved success on the Special Olympics stage and are now using their talents to bring about broader change in society.
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Special Olympics Opens Empowering Photo Exhibition in Brussels with Support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation

The exhibition and its launch event highlight triumphs of athletes with intellectual disabilities and the power of the Special Olympics-SNF global partnership in fostering a more inclusive world.
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“The news came as a complete surprise!”

As Gilmour Borg and his fellow nine new Sargent Shriver Global Messengers take part in a week of training in Washington D.C., we take the opportunity to get to know Gilmour a little better with a one-to-one interview.
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