Turin
Italy
8 – 15
March 2025
1,500+
Athletes & Unified partners
100
Nations
2,000
Volunteers
1,000+
Coaches and Delegation Officials
100
Youth Leaders
2,000
Family Members
1,300
Honored Guests
1,000
Credentialed Media
Thousands
of Spectators
Videos
Cheers for Champions: Riya’s Journey to the World Winter Games!
From Isolation to Confidence: Riya’s Journey to the World Winter Games!
Riya, a @sobharat athlete, once felt alone—ignored, excluded, and without a place to belong. But everything changed when she found Special Olympics. Through sports, she gained confidence, made lifelong friends, and discovered her true potential.
Now, Riya is now at the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Turin, Italy as part of Bharat’s national floorball team! Her journey is proof that inclusion transforms lives. Let’s cheer her on as she takes the world stage!
Riya, a @sobharat athlete, once felt alone—ignored, excluded, and without a place to belong. But everything changed when she found Special Olympics. Through sports, she gained confidence, made lifelong friends, and discovered her true potential.
Now, Riya is now at the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Turin, Italy as part of Bharat’s national floorball team! Her journey is proof that inclusion transforms lives. Let’s cheer her on as she takes the world stage!
Events
Events happening in Turin, Sestriere, Bardonecchia, and Pragelato
Figure Skating
Turin
Floorball
Turin
Alpine Skiing
Sestriere
Snowshoeing
Sestriere
DanceSport
Bardonecchia
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Additional Events in Turin
Healthy Athletes
In 1997, Special Olympics Healthy Athletes began offering free health screenings and education to Special Olympics athletes in a welcoming, fun environment.
Opening Ceremony
[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.
Young Athletes
Special Olympics Young Athletes is an early childhood play program for children with and without intellectual disabilities, ages 2 to 7 years old.
Global Youth Leadership Summit
The Global Youth Leadership Summit harnesses the energy and diversity of the Special Olympics World Games. The summit unties youth and adult mentors with and without intellectual disabilities to showcase how young people are accepting the call to be the next generation of inclusive leaders.
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More about Turin 2025
One for All and All for One: Team Mari
For Mari Holt, competing at the 2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games is a long-awaited dream come true. And she’s not alone—nearly 20 family members traveled from Norway to Turin to support her. Her parents, sister, uncles, aunts—everyone was there, waving custom made “Team Mari” flags and cheering her on!
Cheers for Champions: Riya’s Journey to the World Winter Games!
From Isolation to Confidence: Riya’s Journey to the World Winter Games!
Cheers for Champions: Antoine (“Tony”) Magued Samir Saad, Special Olympics Egypt
“I’m a champion and a ninja!” Antoine (“Tony”) Magued Samir Saad, Special Olympics Egypt alpine skiing athlete, is ready to take on the snow-covered slopes at the Special Olympics World Winter Games!
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