World summers Games of the Special Olympiad – 2007

The solemn opening ceremony of World Summer Games of the Special Olympiad – 2007 in Shangai (China) on Wednesday, October 2nd, 2007. The Special Olympiad is the biggest in the world program of the whole-year sporting trainings and competitions for people with the rejections of mental development. This year the Special Olympiad gathered over 7 thousand athletes from 169 countries which compete in 24 olympic types of sport, with the support 3,5 thousand and 40 thousand volunteers official representatives of the Special Olympiad. The Ukrainian team at Games is presented by 50 athletes, which will compete in swimming, athletics, gymnastics, football, basket-ball, badminton, etc. Photo by Mikhail Markiv / UNIAN