12/03/2008
Special athlete heading to train for World games (The Tribune-Democrat)
A Somerset County man will be part of the Pennsylvania delegation of athletes and coaches heading to Colorado today for a five-day training camp for the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games.
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12/03/2008
SoCo Beat: Sharpshooter plays for shoes (The San Luis Obispo Tribune)
By Nick Wilson -- Seventy- eight year-old Shell Beach resident Don Morris may be retired as a Cal Poly professor of education, but he’s just getting warmed up for his basketball career. Morris competes in the 75-to 79-yearold age group in the Senior Olympics. In October, he earned a gold medal by sinking 92 percent of his free throws and 50 percent of his three-pointers at the World Games in ...
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12/01/2008
WEG will allow Tennessee Walking Horse demonstrations (Lexington Herald-Leader)
The World Equestrian Games Foundation has decided to allow Tennessee walking horses to join in demonstrations at the 2010 World Games, not in spite of, but perhaps because of controversies that has surrounded the breed. "We have agreed that they will be participating, and I think it's a good thing," said John Long, WEG Foundation chairman and CEO of the U.S. Equestrian Federation. ...
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12/02/2008
Snowshoeing to the World championships (The Advance)
Local Special Olympic athlete Alexander Shankel loves snowshoeing, so much so he is competing at the world level. Shankel is one of four athletes from Nova Scotia going to compete in the 2009 World Special Olympics taking place in Boise, Idaho...
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12/01/2008
South Africa: Special Olympics Torch to Light Up Joburg (AllAfrica.com)
The Torch for The Special Olympics World Winter Games being held in Boise, Idaho in February 2009, will be arriving in South Africa on Sunday, 7 December 2008, and making its way around Johannesburg as part of its world-wide journey sponsored by DHL.
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12/01/2008
Special award given at National Sports Award Ceremony (Lookout)
During the 20th Annual Canadian Forces Sports Awards Ceremony on Nov. 22, athletic therapist Stephanie Dempsey was presented with the Director Sports Recreation and Messes Recognition Award for her commitment and dedication to rehabilitating sports injuries at CFB Esquimalt.
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12/01/2008
Legendary Mansfield swim coach, volleyball celebrate golden anniversary together (Mansfield News Journal)
MANSFIELD -- Frank Bartholow loves his teddy bear. It reminds him of the physical hardships he's overcome to become one of the best senior volleyball players in the country.
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12/01/2008
Special Olympic Snowboarder Headed for Big Slopes to Face World Competition (WEAU Eau Claire)
It's an athlete's greatest dream: Training with Team USA. And one talented Special Olympics snowboarder is getting his chance this coming week. But for Ed Smith of Neillsville, winter sports are all in the family.
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11/29/2008
Skier pursues race of a lifetime (North Adams Transcript)
NORTH ADAMS -- At 15 years old, Jenna Montgomery has already appeared in a national media campaign and won more than 50 medals in Nordic skiing and track and field competitions. She's also a member of Team USA's Nordic ski team.
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11/29/2008
Senior Olympian from Friendsville is a multiple medalist at 73 (Knoxville News Sentinel)
Tot Covington is a world-class athlete. She has dozens of gold medals in sports ranging such as basketball, javelin and high jumping. She's also a grandmother. At 73, Claranell "Tot" Covington of Friendsville is a yearly participant in Senior Olympics on the local, state, national and international level.
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