Special Olympics Kenya will select 73 athletes in the 2019 Summer Special Olympics Games to be staged in Abu Dhabi, United Arabs Emirates.
The journey for the championships begun last weekend when Special Olympics conductance their Rift Valley region championships in Nandi’s Cheptil High school.
The hosts dominated the championships, taking top positions in male and female.
Nandi now joins other counties of West Pokot and Uasin Gishu to form a formidable Rift Valley Region Team that will represent the Rift Region at the national championships.
Rift valley region will participate in athletes, basketball, volleyball, unified bocce and unified football.
Susan Masila, Special Olympics Kenya National Director, was proud to share the message of inclusion, as well as the proud history of Special Olympics Kenya.
The Abu Dhabi championships will scheduled to take place on 14 to 21 March in 2019, and be the world’s largest humanitarian and sporting event of 2019.
Special Olympics Kenya will be taking 73 athletes and Unified partners who will participate in 12 different sports. This ambitious number will be a first for Kenya, and they are confident they will achieve it, shared Susan Masila.