America
Special Olympics World Games commence
Los Angeles, July 26
With the announcement
from United States' First Lady Michelle Obama, the 2015 Special Olympics
World Games were officially opened at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
here.
"You're uniting us in a way that nothing else can. My
husband and I are so incredibly proud of you," the First Lady said to
athletes and announced the opening of the Games on Saturday, reported
Xinhua news agency.
Since the 1984 Summer Olympics, the Special
Olympics World Games are the largest international sports event Los
Angeles has ever held. In this year's Special Olympics, there are 6,500
athletes from 165 countries and regions, competing in 25 different
games.
Special Olympics is an event for people with intellectual
disabilities and it was created following the ideal of Olympics. It is
held every two years, alternated between summer and winter.