Picture: The athletes from North West who participated at 2023 Special Olympics World Games in Berlin, Germany/Twitter
By OBAKENG MAJE
The athletes from North West who represented South Africa at 2023 Special Olympics World Games in Berlin, Germany will be honoured. The Department of Arts, Culture, Sports and Recreation spokesperson, Shuping Sebolecwe said the welcoming ceremony will be held on 20 July at M.M Sebitloane Special School in Taung.
Sebolecwe said the Special Olympics World Games are internationally recognised to inspire, promote and advance the world with full inclusive participation of intellectually impaired athletes (physically challenged individuals).
“The 2023 Berlin Special Olympics Games hosted around 7000 athletes from six countries and takes place every four years between the Summer and Winter games. The North West province was represented by various teams sporting disciplines and participants from across the province to form part of the South Africa National Team.
“These included MM Sebitloane Football team, Iteko Special School on swimming, out of school players in swimming, athletes and equestrians qualified to represent the country in Germany, which took place from the 17-24 June 2023,” he said.
Sebolecwe further said the team brought home a total medal tally of 49, which is one Gold and one Silver in Table Tennis, 13 x Gold medals in 7-A Side Men’s Football and one Gold medal and one Silver in Swimming, one Gold and one Bronze in Athletics and obtained position 4 in Equestrian.
He added that, a total number of medals for the North West province is 19.
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