NORMAL — At the request of his family, the death of a Special Olympics Illinois athlete will not cast a shadow over the weekend summer games.

In his 15 years as a swimming coach with Special Olympics, Richard Koch has taught roughly 20 to 30 kids each year how to be better in the water. ... We taught them how to swim in a swimming pool." ...

Anna Kate Slatton is swimming her way to the top in the Arkansas Special Olympics, finding herself a support system to cheer her on while making waves of victory in the pool.

The ocean was her playground -- and her solace. Now a 12-year-old, she finds that peace in the pool as a Special Olympics swimmer. 7y Kate Fagan. JoJo Harris finds peace in the water.

After a three-year hiatus, Special Olympics athletes had an opportunity to once again come together for competition, friendship, fun and more, during the 41st Annual Windham Special Olympics Invita… ...

In the Special Olympics, kindness comes with the chlorine in the pool and the cinders on the track. Advertisement I cannot speak for any Special Olympian but my own.

Michelle Stamm, manager of the Selkirk pool, and herself a Special Olympics swim coach, said when she got the call from the organization, she immediately agreed to let the athletes go there.

Glen Burnie Pool Plan Finds Winning Partner in Special Olympics. ... believe they have come up with the winning formula to secure as much as $500,000 in state matching money for the pool project.

The Fox Lake event is one of 23 plunges across the state this year, including 13 others this weekend. Feldman said Special Olympics expects to raise about $2.5 million from the events.

On a freezing morning outside Heinz Field, students and teachers from across the Pittsburgh region took turns plunging into a pool to help raise money for Special Olympics Pennsylvania. Twenty ...

NORMAL — At the request of his family, the death of a Special Olympics Illinois athlete will not cast a shadow over the remainder of the weekend summer games.