Special Olympics: Dominica wins two Golds and one silver so far

2024-07-07 15:04:42

The Dominica Special Olympics team have won two Gold medals and one Silver medal in the Special Olympics World Games in Abu Dhabi.

The team of 12 is representing Dominica among the 170 nations that is participating in the World games. They are taking part in two sports disciplines: athletics (track and field) and bocce which is an Italian game similar to bowls.

Two athletes have already received Gold in the two named sports, Alexcia Wade received gold in the 100M run surpassing seven other athletes and Melissa Dupigny in Bocce after her win against USA.

Ricky Barry came in 5th in the 200M run while Claudius Shipley finished in 5th place and Crispin Dailey, 6th in their 200m heat. Agar Auguiste won his first game for Dominica in the field of bocce.

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