‘Capped off my career’: local coach leads basketball team to gold at Special Olympics World Games – Barrie | Globalnews.ca


The Canadian men’s Special Olympics baseball team brought home a gold medal from the World Games earlier this summer, and a coach from Simcoe County helped them get it.

Canada’s men’s Special Olympics basketball team brought home a gold medal at the World Games earlier this summer, and a coach from Simcoe County, Ont., helped make it happen.
“The excitement at the end of the gold medal game was something to behold. The players were jumping around, they were screaming, they were hugging,” Richardson told Global News.
The team won the final match against South Africa, bringing home one of 46 gold medals for Canada. Canada’s national team also brought home 20 silver medals and 30 bronze during this year’s world competition.
Having been involved with South Simcoe Special Olympics for the last 35 years, getting to lead the team to victory in Berlin was a proud moment for Richardson.


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