Idaho
Team Idaho heading home after triumphant week at Special Olympics USA Games
Crew Idaho competed in athletics, bocce, bowling, golf and flag soccer, taking dwelling 2 gold, 2 silver, and 13 bronze medals.
BOISE, Idaho —
Crew Idaho introduced they’re returning dwelling after competing within the Particular Olympics USA Video games in Orlando, Florida.
Particular Olympics Idaho had 22 athletes and 36 whole delegates from throughout the state journey to Orlando to compete within the Particular Olympics USA video games from June 5 to June 12.
In a Fb publish, Crew Idaho mentioned, “We’re so happy with each single considered one of our athletes. They every did an incredible job representing Idaho. All their exhausting work and energy actually paid off – bringing dwelling a complete of 17 medals!”
Crew Idaho competed in athletics, bocce, bowling, golf and flag soccer, taking dwelling 2 gold, 2 silver, and 13 bronze medals.
Particular Olympics Idaho Chief Working Officer Opey Penaloga mentioned they’d two highschool college students, Kevin Sullivan and Elsie Kennedy, from Capital Excessive Faculty with their academics participating within the Youth Management Expertise.
“From the Employees, of Particular Olympics Idaho, we want to say thanks to everybody that has supported our athletes and our program for a lot of, a few years, these guys have been training and taking part in and competing for a number of years to get the place they’re at. And none of that may be doable with out the sponsors and the help of our group,” mentioned Amber Walker, the Senior Director of Growth for Particular Olympics Idaho.
The Video games showcased greater than 5,500 athletes and coaches from throughout the nation, competing in entrance of greater than 125,000 spectators and supporters.
Anybody who want to donate or sponsor Particular Olympics Athletes can go to the Particular Olympics Idaho web site.
Folks can study extra about USA Particular Olympics right here, and consider Particular Olympics Idaho’s progress by visiting their Fb and Instagram pages.
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