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Aruban Special
Olympics team
is number one in
the Caribbean
THE Aruban athletes have demonstrated tremendous positive energy during their and 21 ribbons.
Our athletes went on stage to receive their prizes 48 times and Aruba’s name was
competitions; they fought, pushed themselves and concentrated well on winning, mentioned 48 times in Los Angeles.
which led them to triumph in the end. We are all extremely proud of the Special
Olympics Aruba team and all the 25 athletes that represented Aruba in the Los Our 25 athletes competed in different sports, amongst these are: bowling, football,
Angeles World Games last week. track and field, badminton, ping pong and bocce. There was a total of 6321 athletes
participating in 25 different sports. Officials report that the Special Olympic World
All the hard work done by the athletes, their training coaches and the entire Games that 177 countries participated in this event in Los Angeles, California
organization has contributed to them achieving the amount of funds needed to which marks history.
go on the trip, this trip was surely beneficial not only to our island but also these
athletes, and we can see that on the beautiful smiles on all their faces. It was surely Special athletes are being recognized more and more around the world and it’s
an unforgettable experience for them. perfectly normal that this event broke another record. There were 1543 media from
80 countries were covering the event, including ESPN, where the entire Aruban
When the delegation arrived in Aruba, the President of Special Olympics Aruba community could watch the Aruban team perform live during the entire event.
announced that Aruba’s amount of medals surpassed all other Caribbean countries,
landing them in the first place ranking of the amount of medals won. Our small On the ESPN website there is lots of interesting information, pictures and stories
but strong delegation managed to get to the top which is a position held by other about the Special Olympics.
major countries for years.
This surely is a great reward for all their hard work. 2017 Special Olympics World Games will be held in Austria. Are you ready to make
Team Aruba achieved 48 honor ranking, they won 8 gold medals, 10 silver medals, your country proud again athletes?
9 bronze medals, 5 4th place ribbons, 16 5th place ribbons; a total of 27 medals
8 LOCAL Tuesday, August 11 2015 - ARUBA TRAVELLER
