Be the Best Athlete You Can Be | Special Olympics | Turn the World Outward
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- čas přidán 22. 09. 2022
- Join the inclusion revolution! For decades, Special Olympics has been a place where children and adults around the world with intellectual disabilities can participate in athletic competitions and experience the transformative power of sports. The inclusive culture of the organization, as Chairman of the Board Timothy Shriver says, isn't the result of the organization itself--it's the result of the athletes.
Hanna Joy Atkinson and Nyasha Derera, Special Olympics International Global Messengers, share their stories of what it means to them to be the best athletes they can be.
Special Olympics received the Turn the World Outward award from the Arbinger Institute in 2022. Learn how to get involved by visiting specialolympics.org
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Cheerleaders were also used during the 2015 Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles.
During the last day of Powerlifting competition, the Cheerleaders at the LA Convention Centre got the treat to see Canada's Jackie Barrett take a page out of Germany's Matthias Steiner, win three gold and one silver medals, and set three Special Olympics World Games records about 9.5 months after he lost his mom to cancer.
This was also Barrett's fourth Special Olympics World Games appearance as a Powerlifter.
About 3.5 years ago, Jackie became the first Special Olympics athlete ever to be inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, putting him in the same company as that country's sports legends such as Steve Nash, Wayne Gretzky, Wille O'Ree, Donovan Bailey, Louis Cyr, Victor Delamarre, Doug Hepburn, Gerard Gratton, Ian Millar, and Cindy Klassen.
Jackie is also in the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, and a recipient of the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Some people might look at this and wonder...come on, man!...but, take into consideration where these athletes might have started from and where they are now. The journey and hard work that they put in is admirable and worthy of respect. I have no doubts they've trained just as hard as any other standard Olympian athlete, they've just had their own battles and challenges to overcome along the way. Fantastic and well done by all of these athletes, as well as their training staff!
The hard work and commitment along high level athletes are even evident in Powerlifting.
Take for example, Korea's Wonho Kang and Hyeongrak Kim, two of the World's Strongest Special Olympics Powerlifters. Their intense dedication and commitment of training four or five days a week has produced world class results.
Canada's Jackie Barrett was also known for his discipline and commitment as he often trained up to three hours a day, three or four days a week in preparation for his four Special Olympics World Games appearances in 1999, 2007, 2011, and 2015 respectfully. When Jackie moved from Nova Scotia to Western Newfoundland in 2008, he had to go to his gym in Corner Brook in sometimes severe winter weather conditions. With Corner Brook located along the Gulf of St. Lawrence, which is also a snow belt, they often get Sea Effect Snow and Intense Snowsqualls during the winter time.
This just made me tear up 🥲
Hi - this is a truly remarkable piece! Who shot + edited this?
Amazing stories and amazing organisation! Well produced and superbly put together! 😊👌
I respect the destruction of the Special Olympics for the love of Stan The Man Musial, and Althea Gibson, because they don't compete by the real rules!
From the short bus to the elite of the real special forces!
U can do anything if u achieve ur goal
That is so true
Most of us are multi sport atheletes.
*special Olympian
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