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The Abu Dhabi 2019 World Games |
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The Final Leg starts 4 March, and it's less than 16 days until the Torch Runners deliver the Flame of Hope to the Opening Ceremony of the Abu Dhabi 2019 World Games.
We would like to wish the 7,000+ athletes and 10 Final Leg teams good luck at the World Games! They truly epitomize the meaning of determination, and we look forward to following along with their journeys. |
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For those who can't make it the Games, here is ESPN's announced viewing schedule!
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Overcoming Borders with LETR |
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On Thursday, 31 January, Michigan and Ontario LETR jointly hosted their Kick-Off Conference in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan to celebrate 50 years of Special Olympics. Additionally, over 200 officers from both programs ran the Flame of Hope across the International Bridge from USA to Canada in freezing cold conditions (-15 F, -30 C) and into the Opening Ceremony of the Ontario Provincial Winter Games to light the cauldron to officially open the Games! Over 600 athletes participated in the Winter Games, and as always, the highlight of the Games for many was the torch entering the arena!
The Can-Am Kick-Off Conference was a great “show of force” between Michigan and Ontario and offered many amazing networking opportunities to share experiences and best practices. Torch Run truly does not have borders or boundaries, and at our core, we share the same passion: Special Olympics. Both programs will be stronger moving forward after this collaborative experience, and all 200 delegates went back to their respective programs re-energized and motivated to continue to raise the bar for Special Olympics and its amazing athletes. We are the Torch Run, Mighty Mighty Torch Run…
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Kester Edwards has been a force of nature ever since he first joined the Special Olympics movement, and his determination continues to help our organization evolve and break new ground. At the age of seven, Kester Edwards was run over by a bicycle that put him in a coma for weeks and changed his life forever. For years, Kester was taunted and bullied for having an intellectual disability, but he found joy and purpose through sports with Special Olympics Trinidad and Tobago.
Determined to make his mark on the world, Kester introduced his favorite sport, open water swimming, to the global Special Olympics movement. After open water swimming debuted as a sport at the Athens 2011 World Games, Kester set his sights on a new goal: creating an international Beach Games. This year, Trinidad and Tobago had the first-ever Law Enforcement Torch Run at its Beach Games.
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