Los Angeles from tomorrow (Saturday 25th) to August 2 the scene of the swirling Special Olympics 2015. To illustrate the magnitude of this event: it is the largest event in LA since the Summer Olympics of 1984. And that is saying something for a city of nearly four million people.
The Special Olympics is an international sports meet of participants with mental disabilities, similar to the ‘normal’ Olympics and the Paralympics. In 1968 the first edition took place in Chicago. Until 1991 the event took place anyway only on American soil, only in 1993 it took place elsewhere. In Salzburg, to be exact, and then in the implementation Winter Special Olympics World Games. That winter variant experienced incidentally his debut in 1977. Since the early days the event is carried to enormous proportions where both participants and audience pleasure from baking. Not so very strange so that Google has dedicated a doodle on.
Many participants
You can expect all the major branches of the zomer’sport ranging from golf to bowling via kayak to roller skating to sailing and just about everything in between. A total of 6,500 participants from 165 countries, including – of course, a delegation of 94 Dutch, with. They are assisted by 30,000 volunteers, 2000 coaches and cheered by 500,000 (estimated) spectators. In short spectacle everywhere! The athletes have arrived and are ready for the impressive opening ceremony which involved numerous well-known artists. Check next to the Dutch site just mentioned above the official Special Olympics 2015 page. Pik as well as the right app for your cellphone or tablet with you
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