2005 Special Olympics World Winter Games Explained

9th Special Olympics World Winter Games
第9回スペシャルオリンピックス世界冬季大会
Motto:Let's Celebrate Together! (Japanese: 一緒に祝いましょう!)
Host City:Nagano, Nagano, Nippon
Nations:84
Athletes:2,600
Events:79 in 7 sports
Opening:February 26
Closing:March 5
Opened By:Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
Torch Lighter:Ryuya Kamihara
Stadium:M-Wave
Spreviouss:2003 Dublin
Snexts:2007 Shanghai
Sprevious:2001 Anchorage

The 2005 Special Olympics Winter World Games (Japanese: 2005年スペシャルオリンピックス冬季世界大会|2005-Nen supesharuorinpikkusu tōki sekai taikai) were hosted at Nagano in Nippon and were the first Special Olympics World Games held in Asia. Nagano became the first city in the world to host the Olympics, Paralympics and Special Olympics World Games.

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