Google Celebrates Special Olympics World Cup Games With A Doodle - Webmasters -

Today marks the start of the 47th Special Olympics World cup games, and Google is specially thrilled and honors the event with a Doodle. google-doodle-celebrates-special-olympics-world-games-2015-275392.html The special Olympics world cup games is scheduled to hold between 25th of July and run through till 2nd of August 2015 at Los Angeles in the U.S of A. The event will witness 7,000 world-class athletes from 177 countries compete in 25 events in a celebration of athleticism, teamwork and inclusion. It is also a reminder of the universality of sport, an opportunity for athletes with disability to compete in one of humankind’s greatest traditions, Google writes. “Doodle team lead Ryan Germick illustrated and animated today’s doodle inspired by the circle of inclusion, which represents the acceptance of all people with intellectual disabilities. It celebrates the athletes in these games, as well as those who support them — the friends and mentors who helped carry the Olympic torch from its origin in Athens, Greece to its temporary home in Los Angeles, California,” Google further explains. This will also mark the biggest sports event to take place in Los Angeles since 1984. Around 5,00,000 spectators are expected to come to cheer the athletes at the sporting event that will be held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Nigeria is among the countries participating in the event and participants have since departed for California.