Inaugural flame lit; Special Olympic Mississippi Summer Games to begin

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) – On Saturday at 9.am., the Particular Olympic Mississippi State Summer season Video games will formally start, marking the primary time the competitors has been held because the starting of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Particular Olympics Regulation Enforcement Torch Run, which concerned a number of police departments scattered throughout the state, formally concluded because the torch reached it’s vacation spot at Keesler Air Power Base in Biloxi, the place the competitors will probably be held.

In line with Particular Olympics Mississippi, round 500 athletes and unified companions together with hundreds of airmen, Keesler personnel, and volunteers are anticipated to be current for the competitors. This additionally contains the delegation which can signify the state on the 2022 Particular Olympic USA Video games this summer time in Orlando, Florida.

The competitors will final all through the week, ultimately concluding with the Victory Dance at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Might twenty first on the Levitow Coaching Assist (Drill Pad) at KAFB.

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