It was the first national Special Olympics showing for Patrick Knollman and he made the most of it. The Carmel resident, 20, captured four goal medals in powerlifting in the USA National Special Olympics USA National Games at Lincoln, Neb., last week
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Wayne County Special Olympics spent July helping out its youngest athletes. The Young Athletes program, designed for children ages 2-7, met every Wednesday this month at Noah’s Ark Day Care Center in Richmond.
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The 2010 Senior Olympics Summer Games are open to all New Mexico residents age 50 and older who qualified at local sanctioned games this past spring.
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East London celebrated two years until the start of the 2012 Olympics yesterday, with a number of public events at the Olympic Park.
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Africa is unlikely to host the Olympics for at least 20 years despite the success of the soccer World Cup in South Africa which gave rise to hopes the continent might bid to host the Games soon, an IOC official told Reuters.
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West Ham vice-chairman Karren Brady expects club to be given first option of taking over Stadium after the London Olympics.
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A Team Captains Kickoff Banquet for Special Olympics athletes of Bowling Green/Warren County will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at Cambridge Market & Cafe, 830 Fairview Ave.
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Tuesday marks two years to go until the London 2012 Olympics, the start of what organizing committee chief Sebastian Coe calls “the killing zone” — the final stretch of an 800-meter race where you can see the finish line but still have to work to get there.
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Believe it or not, another Olympics is approaching. . . . OK, two summers from now seems like a long time, but today marks exactly two years until the 2012 London Olympics.
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LONDON: The general public will be given priority for tickets for the 2012 London Olympics and everything possible will be done to fill stadiums, the chief organiser said in a newspaper interview today. Paul Deighton, the chief executive of LOCOG, the organising committee of the London Olympics, said the aim was to avoid the empty seats seen at some venues during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. “We …
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The Winter Olympics and the Commonwealth Games will remain in the hands of free-to-air broadcasters after proposed changes were scrapped.
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The Delaware Senior Olympics held its 2010 Bricks MultiSport Team Invitational Triathlon competition at Lake Como on July 17.
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Future Winter Olympics could be set to benefit from a Team Skiing event – if the possibility is approved by the International Olympic Committee. IOC explore options The event will be put onto the IOC’s agenda following discussions at the 47th annual International Ski Congress about the feasibility of the event.
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With the 2014 Winter Olympics likely on the horizon, halfpipe skiers worldwide feel like they’re standing at the edge of something big. Designation as an Olympic event would vault the sport to an international competitive forum of a scope unprecedented in halfpipe skiing. Along with that, competitors…
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ONALASKA, Wisconsin (WXOW)– Over 500 athletes participated in the annual Special Olympics Wisconsin softball tennis and bocce tournament in Koalas.
For every athlete who participates in the Special Olympics,there is a story of how the Games have impacted their lives.
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THE start of the 2012-13 English football season could be delayed to avoid a clash with the London 2012 Olympics.
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Usain Bolt ready to turn his back on running in Britain until 2012 Olympics due to country’s punitive tax rules for overseas stars.
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