Missing Special Olympics athlete turns up 350 miles away

Last year, when Rajbir got a chance to participate in the trails of bicycle race, he surprised everyone and qualified for Special Olympics in Bhopal 2014. The ceremony began with placards from the 165 delegations being brought in on the red carpet.

The 6,500 Special Olympics athletes from all around the world were housed for the week in two separate athlete villages: one at USC and the other at UCLA. I liked being around them; they were focused, driven, solid and though their competition days were over, they were some of the most upbeat people I’d met, always focused on the positive sides of life. Delhi boy Yash Singh opened India’s medal tally at the Games, after the event was inaugurated by US First Lady Michelle Obama at the Los Angeles suburb of La Jolla on August 27. A resident spotted the youth, noticed the colorful lanyard around his neck and realized he was the missing athlete whose face had been on the news all day, Los Angeles police Cmdr.

“We’re very relieved”, said Jeff Carr, CEO of the Special Olympics, .

The Special Olympics Family had written to Shri Narendra Modi in 2011, apprecaiting the efforts of the Gujarat Government, for the step to enable specially abled athletes to participate in the Khel Mahakumbh.

“My first visit to LA, but not my last”.

Kato said the boy was returned to his hotel, where some members of his delegation stayed behind to wait for him. The games featured competitions in 25 disciplines.

During the games, Jamaica’s Kirk Wint did exactly that as he stepped out of his wheelchair and into the starting blocks for his 50-meter race. Then he propelled himself down the track with the use of his hands because he’s unable to stand. He finished fourth. Quigley has been undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer and ran her race sporting an American flag scarf wrapped around her head. Quigley, who has been undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer, is scheduled for surgery soon. There were also about 600 pairs of glasses prescribed, sized and edged on the spot. The previous high for a Special Olympics was in 2011 when Costa Rica secured 104 medals, according to Costa Rica Special Olympics President Carlos Valverde. Five of those athletes were from the Palmetto State.

Egypt’s delegation was founded in 1995, 27 years after the Special Olympics was developed by Eunice Kennedy Shriver.