2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games

10th Special Olympics World Winter Games

Host city	Pyeongchang
Country	South Korea
Motto	Together We Can! (Korean: 함께라면 할 수 있어!, romanized: Hamkkeramyeon Hal Su Iss-eo!)
Events	–
Opening	January 29
Closing	February 5
Opened by	Lee Myung-bak
Main venue	Gangneung Indoor Ice Rink
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The 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games (Korean: 2013년 동계 스페셜 올림픽 세계대회, romanized: 2013-nyeon Donggye Special Olympics Segye Daehoe) was a Special Olympics, a multi-sports event that was held in Pyeongchang, South Korea from January 29 through February 5, 2013.^[1] Though officially allocated to Pyeongchang, events were also held in Gangneung Indoor Ice Rink.^{[citation needed]}

The three venues and events are:^[2]

• Yongpyong Ski Resort, alpine skiing
• Gangneung Indoor Ice Rink, ceremonies and figure skating
• Alpensia Resort, everything else, including sales

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Notes

The 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games programme featured 8 sports with encompassing many disciplines (in parentheses).^[3][4]

January/February	29 Tue	30 Wed	31 Thu	1 Fri	2 Sat	3 Sun	4 Mon	5 Tue	Gold medals
Ceremonies	OC							CC
Alpine skiing		●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Cross-country skiing		●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Figure skating		●	●	●	●	●
Floorball		●	●
Floor hockey			●	●	●	●	●	●
Short track speed skating		●	●	●	●	●	●
Snowboarding		●	●	●	●	●	●
Snowshoeing		●	●	●	●	●	●	●
January/February	29 Tue	30 Wed	31 Thu	1 Fri	2 Sat	3 Sun	4 Mon	5 Tue	Gold medals

The mascots are Ra, In and Bow, a bear, sheep and dog respectively, whose names form the world "rainbow".^[5]

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