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By JOSH LEDERMAN WASHINGTON (AP) -- Singers Katy Perry and Stevie Wonder joined other A-list celebrities, world-famous athletes and American legends who donned their best suits and gowns Thursday ...
Special Olympics is the world's largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities providing year-round training and activities to 5 million participants and Unified Sports partners in 172 countries. [ 2] Special Olympics competitions are held daily, all around the world—including local, national and regional ...
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama[ 1 ] ( née Robinson; born January 17, 1964) is an American attorney and author who served as the first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017, being married to Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States. Raised on the South Side of Chicago, Obama is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard ...
The Special Olympics Canada summer games were held in Vancouver, British Columbia at the University of British Columbia. More than 2,000 athletes participated in a multitude of sports, including three sports making their Special Olympics Canada debuts: golf, bocce and basketball. In these Games, each of the 12 chapters competed to determine the ...
Former first lady Michelle Obama applauded United States Olympic gymnasts Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles for their “sisterhood and sportsmanship” after they both dropped to one knee to honor ...
Special Olympics USA is a sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities in the United States. It is part of the global Special Olympics movement. Special Olympics was founded in 1968 with the main goal of accepting and welcoming individuals as they are. Special Olympics provides year-round training in Olympic based ...
Valerie Jarrett. Valerie June Jarrett ( née Bowman; born November 14, 1956) [ 1] is an American businesswoman and former government official serving as the chief executive officer of the Obama Foundation since 2021. [ 2] She was the longest-serving senior advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama.
for the second suspension in 2015–2017, athletes from Kuwait were also competing in several international competitions under the IOC flag, but this time in the team of Individual Olympic Athletes (IOA), including (but not only) in the 2016 Summer Olympics. MIX Mixed-NOCs: 2010– Used as the country code for Mixed NOCs at the Youth Olympics ...