PyeongChang Special Olympics Wrap Up
The 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games came to a close Tuesday with competition in floor hockey, snowshoeing and cross-country as well as slalom skiing.
Snowboarding, figure skating and short track speed skating were the other three sports on the program in PyeongChang.
The event, seen as the biggest test so far since the Korean sports resort was awarded the 2018 Winter Olympics a little more than 18 months ago, featured more than 3,100 intellectually disabled athletes from 110 countries.
Click here for an On-the-Scene Photodesk from PyeongChang, and click here to view video from the Jan. 29 opening ceremony.
"Uni-friends" Gather for Gwangju
Gwanju 2015 is fresh off its third meeting of university public ambassadors, or "uni-friends", working to publicize the Summer Universiade.
A total of 70 students selected from a Korea-wide contest gathered last week at Mooju Resort, host of the 1997 Summer Universiade.
The event, which focused on reviewing promotional activities in the past year as well as reinforcing resolutions for the year ahead, was also broadcast on Facebook and Twitter.
"I will do my best to promote the GU 2015 in the Gyeongsang-do area where I live in as well as nationwide and even further trying to reach to the world with the vocation in a more active attitude," resolved Jong-wook Oh, a junior at Yeungnam University.
More than 500 "uni-friends" have been recruited to date in three stages of the nationwide search.
USOC, Getty Renew
Getty Images will remain the official photographer of the USOC through Sochi 2014 and Rio 2016.
"We are honored to renew our partnership with the USOC and are excited to capture many more iconic moments of these world-class athletes as they prepare for and compete at the 2014 and 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games," Janey Marks, Director of Olympic Programs and Strategic Alliances for Getty, said Monday in a statement.
Peter Zeytoonjian, managing director of consumer products, USOC, added: "For 25 years, Getty Images has provided elite photographic coverage of U.S. Olympic and Paralympic sport and helped tell the stories of our Olympic and Paralympic heroes. We look forward to the moments Getty Images will capture in the future."
Getty is also the official photographer of the IOC.
Written by Matthew Grayson.
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