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Jiading Town celebrates Special Olympics Day

Metro | Special Olympics
2008-7-23

JIADING Town celebrated the second National Special Olympics Day on July 20. Fan Hong, Deputy Secretary General of the China Special Olympics Committee, attended the event. A total of 48 athletes with intellectual...

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Customs puts its foot down on fake Olympic sneakers

Metro | Special Olympics
2008-7-1

SHANGHAI Customs has seized 4,800 pairs of sneakers with Beijing Games logos, the biggest case of Olympic counterfeits this year in the city, Wenhui Daily reported today. The sneakers were to be exported to Ecuador...

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Shanghai sets record straight on Olympic Misses

Metro | Special Olympics
2008-2-19

SHANGHAI today released its official criteria to choose the city's medal presenters for the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games while also denying previous media reports that the competition required strict standards...

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Awards for love and courage

Metro | Special Olympics
2007-11-7

AWARDS for the most heart-warming stories of local people caring for mentally disabled people were announced yesterday in the aftermath of the Special Olympic Games. Chosen from more than 500 moving tales, the...

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Faces tell story of the games

Metro | Special Olympics
2007-10-13

SOME won gold. Some won silver. Some won bronze. But they all won the hearts of the people of Shanghai. And at the end of the day, the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games, which ended with a spectacular closing...

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Special Games spirit lives on

Metro | Special Olympics
2007-10-13

THE Special Olympics Games might have finished in Shanghai, but the spirit lingers on. An overseas delegation yesterday visited the Sunshine Home in Xuhui District as part of a regional workshop, which continues...

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City says farewell as 'best' Games end

Metro | Special Olympics
2007-10-12

THE city last night farewelled the 7,450 athletes and their coaches and families who attended the 10-day Special Olympics World Summer Games. As the curtain came down at a glittering closing ceremony at the 70-year-old...

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Zai Jian

Metro | Special Olympics
2007-10-12

A WARM and joyful ceremony last night concluded the 10-day 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games, a farewell to 7,450 athletes and their coaches and families from 165 countries and regions. Vice Premier Hui...

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Shriver thanks Shanghai for the Games that marked new beginning

Metro | Special Olympics
2007-10-12

THE 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games had set a example for developing countries to develop their Special Olympics movements, Special Olympics International Chairman Timothy Shriver said yesterday. He thanked...

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Reunion at long last

Metro | Special Olympics
2007-10-12

AFTER a two-hour, tiring highway ride Wednesday night and a one-hour stumbling trudge in a shuttle bus at 5:45 this morning, I eventually got to the aquatic sports center. When I showed up quietly behind Todd and...

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'Rain Man' inspires a life blessed by helping others

Metro | Special Olympics
2007-10-12

SPECIAL Olympics Philippines head coach Kaye Samson, 27, laughed as she confessed that, as a teenager, when she saw the movie "Rain Man," she was fascinated by the portrayal of the character with intellectual disability,...

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Regional talks tackle life in Special World

Metro | Special Olympics
2007-10-12

Nearly 40 representatives from organizations of people with intellectual disabilities and family organizations from 10 countries and regions yesterday discussed how to improve the daily life of intellectually disabled...

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Mother's love wins award

Metro | Special Olympics
2007-10-12

ZENG Yi, mother of Special Olympics athlete Zhao Zengzeng, was awarded the "Maurice R. Greenberg Achievement Award" yesterday, for her persistent efforts in taking care of and fostering her daughter in the 19 years...

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Sprinter in hospital after race collapse

Metro | Special Olympics
2007-10-11

A YOUNG Special Olympics sprinter was recovering in hospital last night after collapsing soon after a 200-meter race yesterday. Christine Rhabmn, 13, from Belize, in Central America, was unconscious after falling...

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Four years of work turns to gold for a Texas strongman

Metro | Special Olympics
2007-10-11

WHEN 27-year-old Robert Lord III from Texas, the United States, stood on the award dais yesterday, accepting the cheers and applause from spectators, members of his delegation and his family, he knew four years of...