World Winter Games

The Special Olympics World Winter Games 2025 is underway! More than 1500 athletes have travelled to Turin, Italy from all over the globe. The Opening Ceremonies were incredible and highlighted impactful speeches, electric performances, and the unifying power of Special Olympics.

Relive the best moments of the breathtaking Opening Ceremony for the Turin 2025 World Winter Games.

The atmosphere was electric as 26 delegations, supported by grants from The Christmas Fund, arrived in Italy, their excitement palpable.

[Padua / Washington, D.C. - March 10, 2025] For over two decades, Safilo Group—one of the eyewear industry’s key players in the design, manufacturing and distribution of prescription frames, sunglasses, outdoor eyewear, goggles, and helmets—and Special Olympics have been changing lives, one pair of glasses at a time. Now, that mission continues.

To create a legacy is to defy the limitations imposed by time. Special Olympics World Games defines limitless, permanentizing each victory, each friendship, each celebration. Brayan Rojas Rodriguez etched his legacy on the futsal fields of the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023, where his team won a fourth-place ribbon for Special Olympics Costa Rica. The feeling of pride was palpable, one that would endure long past the Games’ end.

[Turin, Italy - March 9, 2025] Last night, the “Flame of Hope” was lit in the Inalpi Arena in Turin, Italy, marking the official start of the 2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Italy, the world’s largest sports and humanitarian event of the year.

Special Olympics Canada athlete Alexander Pang improved his figure skating performance with customized orthotic skate inserts after attending the Special Olympics Healthy Athletes Fit Feet .

For Carlo Gabriele and Emilia Morelli, love and volunteering go hand in hand.