The 2023 Special Olympics National Team hopes to replicate their success at the 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games in the United Arab Emirates where they returned triumphant with 35 gold, 15 Silver and 12 Bronze medals.
JOHANNESBURG – Team South Africa jetted off to Berlin, Germany, for the Special Olympics World Summer Games on Sunday.“Let the games begin,” announced Special Olympic South Africa chairperson, Dr Mathews Phosa after National Assembly Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma officially handed over the national flag to the team.
At the Deutche Imternationale Schule Johannesburg for Team SA’s farewell ahead of the #SpecialOlympics pic.twitter.com/umVEKM9PxK"I'm excited about my brother going to Germany, I become emotional when I think about it. My brother is the most important person at home. I wish him blessings in Germany, he must come back with medals and trophies,” said Vuyelwa James to Eyewitness News.
National table tennis athlete Innocentia Nomhle Msikinya from Tau village in the North West has been competing for two years and will be representing South Africa for the first time, she said her community has been helping her to prepare for the World Games.
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