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BY SANJAY MYERS Observer staff reporter Sunday, July 21, 2013SPECIAL Olympics Jamaica (SOJ) Executive Director Lorna Bell is excited at the prospect of sharing the country’s feats at the 2013 World Winter Games when she addresses the regional body at a July 22-25 conference in Charlotte.In a statement ahead of her trip to the Special Olympics North America (SONA) Conference for the presentation titled ‘Leveraging National and World Games Marketing and Communications’, Bell did not disguise her enthusiasm.“It is an honour to be invited to share Jamaica’s tremendous success at this year’s World Winter Games in Korea and the visibility this great movement received as a result of the extensive media coverage our athletes garnered for other Special Olympics programmes to learn from,” said Bell, who will be travelling to the United States alongside outstanding SOJ athlete Tamra Mitchell.Earlier this year, the local body basked in the global spotlight thanks to Jamaica’s outstanding display at the Games in Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea.The country won two silver medals in ice figure skating to go with their second-place finish in floor hockey at the eight-day Championships.The SONA meeting is part of a wider acknowledgement of the Special Olympics International movement, which celebrated its 45th year this month.At the conference, members are also expected to discuss plans for the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games to be held in Los Angeles.The SONA region has over half-million athletes participating in all 30 sports offered by Special Olympics. It is the home to athletes from the Caribbean, Canada and the United States.Special Olympics is a global movement for people with intellectual disabilities that fosters inclusion and helps to spotlight their struggles and accomplishments.The disabilities can either be acquired or genetic and can include cases of Down’s Syndrome, traumatic brain injury and cerebral palsy.There are approximately 4.2 million athletes across 170 countries training and competing in the Special Olympics organisation.BELL… it is an honour to be invited to share Jamaica’s tremendous success at this year’s World Winter Games in Korea
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