Special Olympics Zimbabwe, provides year-round sports training and the opportunity for competition in Olympic-type sports for adults and children with intellectual disabilities.
The Games
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The road to Shanghai: SPECIAL OLYMPICS WORLD SUMMER GAMES TO BE HELD IN SHANGHAI, CHINA 28 SEPTEMBER - 12 OCTOBER 2007
Every 4 years Special Olympics holds its own Summer and Winter Special Olympics, where participants from around the world come together to compete on the same basis as athletes in the mainstream Olympics. The 2003 Summer Games were held in Ireland, where 7,000 athletes, accompanied by 3,000 coaches came together for two weeks of competition in the biggest sports event in the world that year. Seventy thousand spectators watched the opening ceremony, which was televised worldwide.
The event will mark the first time the World Summer Games will be held in Asia, and only the second time they will be held outside the United States. In addition to almost 7,500 athletes, Special Olympics expects the 2007 World Summer Games to draw 40,000 volunteers, 3,500 event officials and thousands of families, volunteers, spectators and journalists from every continent.
Zimbabwe has been given a quota to send 19 Athletes, 6 coaches and 2 delegates. The team will comprise of: Track and Field x 5 Athletes - Swimming x 4 Athletes – Golf x 6 Athletes – Bocce (lawn bowls) x 4 Athletes. These athletes have been selected from regional and national games competitions.
