The Special Olympics World Summer Games are currently taking place in the historic Olympiastadion in Berlin. The event hosts 7000 athletes from 200 countries, supported by 20,000 volunteers and an expected 300,000 spectators.
The New Zealand delegation of 39 athletes with an intellectual disability have been competing here across 9 sports.
Powerlifter Ryan Stewart from Dunedin was the first New Zealand athlete to claim a medal with bocce player, Aaron Campbell from Levin claiming New Zealand’s first gold.
Journalist Coen Lammers joins us with the latest.
German athlete Sophie Rensmann lights the Flame of Hope at the Opening ceremony of the Special Olympics World Games Photo: specialolympics.org.nz
