My Special Olympics Experience
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09/09/2011 09:04 
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My name is Rachel Ryan. I’m an athlete in Special Olympics. The club I train in is The Nenagh Ormond Special Olympics club Nenagh Co. Tipperary. I was chosen to go to 2011 World Summer Games in Athens. I never thought that I would be chosen for the World Games after being chosen to go to the European Youth Games in Rome seven years previous.
Before I went to Athens I trained in Dublin with my Club Coach Pauline Nugent. Before I knew it, the time to go to Athens had come. It was a brilliant experience. I came third in 100m and 200m run in athletics. I saw many ancient buildings including the Acropolis and the old villages’ of Greece.
I would like to thank my parents for supporting me and the people of Templemore and most importantly my coach Pauline for helping me. I made many new friends while at the games.
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One in particular was a girl named Nicole Smith who had previously ran with me at The National Games in Limerick. It was a once in a life time experience.
I hope to be chosen for more games in the future. I’m collecting all my kits I have from previous games so that I’ll be able to tell and give inspiration to others. My ambitions would be to further my training in Special Olympics and hopefully become a coach in my club. I would like to thank Special Olympics for giving the opportunity to achieve my goals.