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The Southern California Special Olympics athletes who competed in the World Games in Idaho have just returned, and the Team USA athletes from our region brought 13 medals back with them—James McGoff and David Saunders, in particular, are from Long Beach and snagged a bronze in cross country skiing, and a silver and two bronzes in snowboarding. <\/span><\/p>\n \n Below are the results of all the SoCal athletes…<\/p>\n Manasa Iyer – 2nd<\/sup> place (silver); 3rd<\/sup> place (bronze); and 6th<\/sup> place – Snowshoeing<\/p>\n Brittany Kulic – Two 4th<\/sup> place and one 5th<\/sup> place – Alpine Skiing<\/p>\n James McGoff – 3rd<\/sup> place (bronze) and 4th<\/sup> place – Cross Country Skiing<\/p>\n Samuel Mesa – Three 4th<\/sup> place finishes – Snowboarding<\/p>\n David Saunders – 2nd<\/sup> place (silver) and two 3rd<\/sup> place (bronze) – Snowboarding<\/p>\n Lesley Stone – 2nd<\/sup> place (silver) and 3rd<\/sup> place (bronze) – Cross Country Skiing<\/p>\n Patti Trujillo – 1st<\/sup> place (gold) and 4th<\/sup> place – Snowboarding<\/p>\n Marisa Watkins – 1st<\/sup> place (gold); 2nd<\/sup> place (silver), and 7th<\/sup> place – Snowboarding<\/p>\n Max Young – Two 2nd<\/sup> place (silver) and 4th<\/sup> place – Alpine Skiing<\/p>\n For a first-hand blog about the Closing Ceremony, and a story about an inspirational Russian athlete (who finished his skating event even though he’d just had his Achilles tendon cut), check out this entry from SoCal’s Dustin Plunkett: http:\/\/community.specialolympics.org\/_Closing-Ceremonies-and-an-Amazing-Story\/blog\/185741\/82244.html<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n Congrats again to all the athletes and good luck at the US National Games next year, and the World Summer Games in 2011 in Greece!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n