Image Credit: Special OlympicsThe Irish team of 14 has taken part in the opening ceremony of the  2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games in PyeongChang in South Korea. The games will run until February 5th.
The team consists of six competitors in Alpine skiing events, drawn from Dublin, Wicklow, Antrim and Armagh; as well as a team of eight from Cork, Kerry, Waterford, Tipperary and Clare that will take part in the Floorball competition.
The 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games will be one of the biggest winter sports events to take place this year. The Games will feature more than 3,000 Special Olympics athletes and coaches from more than 100 countries who will compete in seven Olympic-type sports: alpine skiing, cross country skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, short track speed skating, figure skating, floor hockey and floorball.
Special Olympics Ireland are keeping an up to date track of how our team perfoms and you can follow this at www.specialolympics.ie/wintergames.
The floorball team will be representing ireland for the first time in a sport that combines speed and agility in an indoor, short sided format.
It is a noble aspiration to learn something new every day so on that basis here is a video introduction to what the sport is all about, courtesy of our friends at Special Olympics Ireland.

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