More than 1,200 athletes from across the state walked, wheeled, and crutched through a large red arch on Thursday, helping to ...

Róisín and Laoise The father of two girls with Down Syndrome has told how their involvement with the Special Olympics has helped them become “stronger, fitter and more confident”.

McDaniel was one of around 300 athletes who gathered at Monument Mountain High School on Wednesday morning to compete in Berkshire County's 44th annual Special Olympics ... who lives in California has ...

On Saturday, dozens of inspiring athletes competed in the third annual Special Olympics Missouri vs. Kansas Powerlifting competition ... and why it's down 2-0 in the Eastern Conference finals.

who has Down syndrome. Special Olympics Virginia held its fifth Over the Edge event awarding supporters who raised more than $1,000 for the organization with the opportunity to rappel off the ...

“Looking down as you’re driving ... In 2006, Brady competed in powerlifting — which he said was his favorite sport he’s competed in — at the Special Olympics USA Games, where he won ...

(LaSalle-Windsor Special Olympics) Austin, who had Down Syndrome, died from lung issues last October ... Austin was the smallest member of the LaSalle-Windsor Special Olympics powerlifting team. But ...

Simpson won three gold medals in the Special Olympics 93-kilogram division ... “He had anxiety along with Down’s Syndrome when he started,” said Stephen Simpson. “When he first started ...

Prithvi Samrat Sengupta, an 18-year-old from the beautiful city of Dehradun, is a powerlifter with Down syndrome ... with weak neck muscles in special children, powerlifting seemed like a safer ...

Dehradun: Prithvi Sengupta, an 18-year-old youth from Dehradun with Down Syndrome ... Powerlifting Federation, was held in Iceland from Nov 10 to 16. Prithvi competed in the special category ...

she ran down the court and gave Baligian “the biggest giant hug in the middle of (the) basketball game.” It was “one of the greatest things I've ever experienced,” he said, adding that this athlete is ...

A sports reporter with Down syndrome is changing the game because ... that is changing the playing field. She started Special Olympics when she was 4-years-old and by fourteen she had amassed ...