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: Alpine Skiing Aquatics Athletics Basketball Beach Volleyball Bocce Cross Country Skiing Cycling Equestrian Figure Skating Floor Hockey Floorball Football (Soccer) Gymnastics (Artistic) Gymnastic (Rhythmic) Table Tennis Tennis Volleyball
"I did it! I broke my personal record and won gold!" Marek Janúch, a Special Olympics Slovakia athlete from Považská Bystrica was one of 63 swimmers to take part in the recent Special Olympics National Swimming Championship in Slovakia.
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: Alpine Skiing Aquatics Athletics Basketball Beach Volleyball Bocce Cross Country Skiing Cycling Equestrian Figure Skating Floor Hockey Floorball Football (Soccer) Gymnastics (Artistic) Gymnastic (Rhythmic) Table Tennis Tennis Volleyball