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    The Special Olympics is the world's largest sports organization for people with intellectual and physical disabilities. It provides year-round training and competitions in 172 countries. The Special Olympics was founded in 1963 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver through a summer camp for children with disabilities. The first International Special Olympics Games were held in 1968 in Chicago. The Special Olympics has since held regular international summer and winter games and has grown to include over 5 million athletes worldwide.

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    Special Olympics

    BAI Liu
    Introduction

    Special Olympics is the world's largest sports


    organization for children and adults with intellectual
    disabilities and physical disabilities, providing year-
    round training and activities to 5 million participants
    and Unified Sports partners in 172 countries.
    Introduction
    Like the International Paralympic Committee, the
    Special Olympics organization is recognized by the
    International Olympic Committee; however, unlike the
    Paralympic Games, Special Olympics World Games are
    not held in the same year with the Olympic Games.
    Introduction

    The Special Olympics World Games are


    alternate between summer and winter games,
    summer games in two-year cycles, winter
    game recurring every fourth year.
    History

    Founder: Eunice Kennedy Shriver


    (July 10, 1921 – August 11, 2009)
    History
    In June 1963, Eunice Kennedy
    Shriver started a day camp called
    Camp Shriver for children with
    intellectual and physical disabilities
    at her home in Potomac, Maryland.
    The camp sought to address the
    concern that disabled children had
    very little opportunity to participate
    in organised athletic events.
    History
    Through this camp, she drew public
    attention to children with intellectual
    disabilities and proved that these
    children were not "difficult,"
    "unteachable," "belligerent" and all
    those other stereotypes that had been
    ascribed to them. They merely wanted
    to have fun ... just like every other kid.

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    History
    20 July 1968
    The first International Special
    Olympics Summer Games are
    held at Soldier Field in Chicago.
    About 1,000 athletes from the
    U.S. and Canada took part in the
    one-day event, over 200 events
    are offered.
    History
    Kennedy Shriver announced the
    formation of Special Olympics and
    that more games would be held
    every two years as a "Biennial
    International Special Olympics".

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    History

    France sent the first athletes


    from outside North America
    to the second games held in
    1970.
    History

    The third games in Los


    Angeles1972 saw 10
    nations send athletes .
    History
    The first Special
    Olympics World Winter
    Games were held in
    February 1977 in
    Steamboat Springs,
    Colorado, U.S.
    History
    February 1988
    The International Olympic
    Committee (IOC) signs a
    historic agreement officially
    endorsing and recognizing
    Special Olympics.

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    History
    The first World
    Games held outside
    the U.S., were the
    winter games of 1993
    in Salzburg and
    Schladming, Austria.
    History
    21-29 June 2003 （ 11 ）
    Ireland hosts the first Special
    Olympics World Summer Games to
    be held outside the United States.
    5,500 athletes participate in this
    landmark event. It is the world's
    largest sporting event in 2003,
    capturing the hearts and https://resources.specialolympics.org/marketing-
    and-communications/photos-and-videos/special-
    imaginations of the Irish people. olympics-video-resources/2003-special-olympics-
    world-summer-games-highlights?
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    History
    2 October 2007
    The city of Shanghai, China, hosts the
    12th Special Olympics World
    Summer Games in 2007.
    Participation is at a record high --
    bringing together more than 7,500
    athletes from 164 countries take part.
    These Games debut a new initiative
    called Young Athletes, aimed at 2007 Shanghai Opening Ceremony Spectacular
    children with intellectual disabilities
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    ages 2 to 7.
    History

    From 17 to 25 June 2023, the


    Special Olympics World Games
    will take place in Berlin, and
    thus, for the first time in
    Germany.
    History
    Sports
    Sports
    Sports
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    Thanks for
    watching
    BAI Liu

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