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.
25 OFFICIAL SPORTS: Alpine Skiing Aquatics Athletics Badminton Basketball Bocce Bowling Cross Country Skiing Cycling Equestrian Figure Skating Floor Hockey Floorball Football (Soccer) Golf Gymnastics (Artistic) Gymnastics (Rhythmic) Handball Judo Power Lifting Roller Skating Short Track Speed Skating Snowshoeing Table Tennis Volleyball
Special Olympics 2016 National Winter Games took place in Kokshetau. 115 athletes from several regions of Kazakhstan participated in six disciplines: cross country skiing, short track, floorball, snow shooing, alpine skiing, and snowboard.
Special Olympics and UNICEF Kazakhstan have entered Phase II of the community-development project "Building Inclusive Communities for Children with Intellectual Disabilities," pledging to expand the reach of services to include more children with intellectual disabilities and their families in eastern Kazakhstan.
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.
25 OFFICIAL SPORTS: Alpine Skiing Aquatics Athletics Badminton Basketball Bocce Bowling Cross Country Skiing Cycling Equestrian Figure Skating Floor Hockey Floorball Football (Soccer) Golf Gymnastics (Artistic) Gymnastics (Rhythmic) Handball Judo Power Lifting Roller Skating Short Track Speed Skating Snowshoeing Table Tennis Volleyball