2019
Nearly 1000 athletes from across New York state are in the Rochester region competing in six events across four venues. Friday evening at 8pm, the Winter Games kicked off with opening ceremonies at the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center.
Athletic competition in six sports began Saturday morning at the four venues – Swain Ski Resort, Bristol Ski Resort, Genesee Valley Park Sports Complex and the Riverside Convention Center.
Visit here often for photographic coverage of the Winter Games by students and faculty from Rochester Institute of Technology.
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The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
Alex Kiratsous and Harlow Klemman, who have been snow boarding for nine years seven years respectively, are two of the three snowboard competitors in the Winter Games this year. "I love the thrill of the race," Kiratsous says. (Photo by Molly Richardson)
2019 Polar Plunge Fundraiser
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