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| Host city | Kazan,Russia |
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| Events | 7 sports |
| Opening | Cancelled |
| Website | (site's closed, sold for GoDaddy.) |
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| Winter | |
The2022 Special Olympics World Winter Games (Russian:Всемирные зимние игры Специальной Олимпиады 2022 г.) were a cancelled internationalmulti-sport event for athletes withintellectual disabilities planned to be held inKazan,Russia on January 21–27. They would have been the 12th edition of theSpecial Olympics World Winter Games to be held by the Special Olympics International.
The Games were originally planned to be held inÅre andÖstersund,Sweden in 2021. However, on December 20, 2019, theSwedish Paralympic Committee announced that they would cancel their plans on conducting the Games there due to insufficient funds to organize the event.[1] On June 29, 2020, it was announced thatKazan,Russia would host the 12th Special Olympics World Winter Games in 2022.[2]
The Games would have been held between January 22–28, 2022 but were postponed to January 2023 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[3] Following theRussian invasion of Ukraine, Special Olympics International decided to cancel the event due to logistical and athlete safety issues.[4]
A total of seven sports at five different venues were planned to be competed on the 2022 Special Olympics:[5]
Five venues were planned to be used for the 2022 Special Olympics:[5]
| Preceded by | Special Olympics World Winter Games | Succeeded by |
