Missing Special Olympics Athlete Mysteriously Turns Up In Hayward
Olympians Nadia Comaneci, Michelle Kwan, Greg Louganis, and Michael Phelps helped carry the Special Olympics flag into the coliseum during the opening ceremony.
Abidjan Ouattara, a Special Olympic athlete from the Ivory Coast, was last seen at an Inglewood hotel Monday, police said on Tuesday, August 4, 2015.
“Japan forced our runner to step over his lane on the final leg of the race”, said Special Olympics New Zealand spokeswoman Angela Day, who said the team were “robbed” of silver.
Earlier, a 44-year-old Albanian bowler missing since Saturday showed up at a Northern California police station 350 miles away.
Kone disappeared shortly before 6 a.m. Monday as Ivory Coast team members gathered near the Delta Airlines ticket counters in Terminal 5 for their return home from the Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles.
Scarva woman Jill Connery has come up trumps with a silver medal in the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Los Angeles.
A security camera photo showed the French-speaking teen, who competed in table tennis, wearing a black shirt with the words “Special Olympics“.
Ouattara speaks only French and has a “physical impairment to his left hand and forearm”, police said.
Gusmari was reported to be in good health, if a little hungry and confused. “This is my first World Games and I have liked watching all the other countries compete”.
Andi Gusmari, 44, went to the Hayward Police Department on his own at about 2am on Monday and used a lobby telephone to contact a dispatcher, Hayward Police Department Lieutenant Guy Jakub said.
“These Games have been life-changing and we hope that this will only be a spark that will light the world on fire with the enthusiasm, courage and acceptance and inclusion for all people with intellectual disabilities”, McClenahan said. The SO representative who went to Davao City years ago narrated an amusing story an instance when track and field or swimming athletes with Autism Spectrum Disorder can not tolerate the sound of a starter pistol.
Delegations are required to come with a ratio of one coach to four athletes, and the coaches are responsible for managing their participants, Carr said.