Team SA adds 2 golds to tally at Special Olympics World Summer Games
Goitsemodimo Mosepele won a gold medal in the 25m freestyle and Cornelia Fowler won a gold medal in the ladies’ Open Water swim.
Special Olympic athlete Cornelia Fowler. Picture: @SO_SouthAfrica/Twitter.
JOHANNESBURG – Team South Africa added two more medals to its at the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Berlin, Germany.
Goitsemodimo Mosepele won a gold medal in the 25m freestyle and Cornelia Fowler won the gold medal in the ladies’ Open Water swim.
This comes after Kamogelo Moncho earlier this week snatched gold in the men’s 5,000m final at the Olympia Stadium in Berlin.
READ: Kamogelo Moncho wins SA’s first medal at Special Olympics World Games
Congratulations to our Special Olympics South Africa Athlete, Goitsemodimo Mosepele for his Gold Medal for Swimming, 25m Freestyle. ????
Well done South Africa, we are so proud! ????#Berlin2023 #UnbeatableTogether #ChooseToInclude pic.twitter.com/1SmqhqaJb3
‘ Special Olympics South Africa (@SO_SouthAfrica) June 22, 2023
The Special Olympics World Games are the world’s largest inclusive sports event. Thousands of athletes with intellectual disabilities compete together in 26 sports.
The Special Olympics is a sports movement for people with intellectual disabilities and multiple disabilities.
The Special Olympics World Summer Games run from 17 to 25 June.
2nd Gold Medal for our South African Special Olympic Athlete, Cornelia Fowler – ladies Open Water swim. ????????
Well done South Africa, we are so proud!#Berlin2023 #UnbeatableTogether #ChooseToInclude pic.twitter.com/HxbB1E1awC‘ Special Olympics South Africa (@SO_SouthAfrica) June 22, 2023
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