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» Special Olympics: Greece bids for 2012 Games
Published 2006-10-02
The Greek delegation to the Games, comprising 47 athletes, is accompanied by Greece's Special Olympics committee president Yanna Despotopoulou and board members Natasa Karamanli and Cissy Pavlopoulou.
The official opening was proclaimed by Italian sports minister Giovanna Melandri.
Greece submitted a bid to organise the 2011 Special Olympics World Games, which was accepted by the organising committee.
Taking part in the Special Olympics, which will run through October 5, are 55 countries with 1,500 athletes competing in seven events.
Special Olympics is the world's largest program of sports training and athletic competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities: it currently serves more than 2.25 million persons with intellectual disabilities in more than 200 Programs in more than 150 countries.
Special Olympics offers training and competition opportunities in 30 Olympic-type sports or athletes 8 years or older.
Alternating between the Summer and Winter Games, the Special Olympics World Games is a world-class sporting event featuring intense competition and inspiring performances by the great athletes of Special Olympics. In non-World Games years athletes, coaches, volunteers and spectators can enjoy action at the local, state/provincial, national, regional and international levels.
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