Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Those activities give them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship.
18 OFFICIAL SPORTS: Aquatics Athletics Badminton Basketball Bocce Bowling Cycling Equestrian Floor Hockey Football (Soccer) Gymnastics (Artistic) Handball Open Water Swimming Power Lifting Snowshoeing Table Tennis Tennis
With the 2017 World Games approaching, Coca-Cola, a long time official partner to Special Olympics Egypt, wanted to show support to the athletes.
Special Olympics Egypt announced the selection of Dr. Mohamed Askar as its 2016-2017 Golisano health leadership award honoree.
Special Olympics Egypt athletes participated in a marathon and joined more than 2000 runners for a 6 km run in support of the fight against breast cancer.
The president of Egypt has embraced the challenge of involving people with different abilities in the community by hiring an athlete with intellectual disabilities.
Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Those activities give them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship.
18 OFFICIAL SPORTS: Aquatics Athletics Badminton Basketball Bocce Bowling Cycling Equestrian Floor Hockey Football (Soccer) Gymnastics (Artistic) Handball Open Water Swimming Power Lifting Snowshoeing Table Tennis Tennis