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Special Olympics USA is proud to announce that it will send a 200-member delegation to represent the United States at the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games, being held March 14-25, 2017, in Graz, Ramsau and Schladming, Austria.

As a young child, David Jensen dreamed of NBA stardom. All he thought about was basketball — and then one day, his life was upended.

We’re preparing to board our flight back home and looking back at our incredible World Games journey.

It’s not everyday you see athletes in their 70s competing in a global sporting competition – that is until you meet Roland Foerster.

When they’re not competing for medals, our gymnasts made time to address a truly serious matter: their health.

This month’s Special Olympics World Games are a defining moment in what has been declared the Year of Tolerance in the United Arab Emirates. As such, tolerance was the theme of several Opening Ceremony speeches.

Trading pins from any of the nearly 200 global delegations in Abu Dhabi and Dubai are the most sought-after social currency at World Games.

Upon exiting the plane we were warmly welcomed by airport and Games organizing committee volunteers to make sure we had water and to escort us through the arrivals process.

Etihad Airways, official airline partner of Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019, flew in 350 Team USA athletes, coaches and support crew ahead of the Games taking place in the UAE’s capital next week.

On March 6 and 7, Special Olympics USA converged on Newark, New Jersey for just over 24-hours marking the team’s final stateside milestone before World Games Abu Dhabi 2019.