Thirty-six Special Olympics New Zealand athletes have been named to compete alongside over 7,000 athletes at the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Los Angeles, California, USA from 25 July 2015 to 2 August 2015.
The New Zealand team, that comprises of 34 athletes with intellectual disabilities and two ‘Unified Partners’ (athletes without an intellectual disability) will compete in aquatics, athletics, basketball, bocce, equestrian, golf, powerlifting, and tenpin bowling.
