2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games
The 2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games, officially known as the XII Special Olympics World Winter Games. and commonly known as Torino 2025, (Italian: XII Giochi Mondiali Invernali Special Olympics) is a planned international multi-sport event. It will be the 12th Special Olympics World Winter Games. They are scheduled to take place in Turin, Piedmont, Italy from 8 to 15 March 2025. This marks the first time that Italy is hosting the Special Olympics World Games. The application was presented in 2021 by the Italian Government, the Piedmont Region, the City of Turin, the Italian National Olympic Committee, the Paralympics Committee of Italy and Angelo Moratti, President of Special Olympics Italien. The proposed date was originally between 29 January and 9 February 2025. According to the application, the opening and closing ceremonies were to take place at the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino, which had been renovated for the 2006 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. It is expected that there would be around 3,125 athletes, 3,000 volunteers and 300,000 spectators. On 16 July 2021, Turin, along with the other venues Bardonecchia, Sestriere and Pragelato, were awarded the World Games by Special Olympics International. At the conclusion of the 2023 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Berlin, it was officially announced that the next Winter Games will take place in Turin from 8 to 16 March 2025. The following eight sports will be represented: Figure skating (Turin) Snowshoeing (Pragelato, San Sicario) Short Track (Turin) Alpine skiing (Sestriere) Cross-country skiing (Pragelato) Snowboarding (Bardonecchia) Dance sport (Turin) Floorball (Turin) The application ran under the slogan The Future is Here. The following design was chosen for the logo: Turin's landmark, the Mole Antonelliana, and Alps that are stylized, combined with the shape of a snowflake and arranged in a circle around the Special Olympics logo. Logo and Motto from the 2025 Winter Special Olympics World Games