The Next day of training the Athlete Leaders were allowed to practice with their mentors, whatever they had learned the previous day. Later a mock Long Jump competition was held during the course of which the Athlete Leaders became volunteers and undertook activities like Opening Ceremony, Closing ceremony and actual handling of the competitions. Athlete Leaders Escorted mock athletes to the competition venues, officiated the competitions, served water, awarded medals to the winning athletes and undertook a host of other activities. That brought an end to this interesting two day Athlete Leadership Training Session.
Special Olympics Thailand plans to conduct Athlete Leadership Trainings every year and also have appointed athletes to be a member of the Special Olympics committee in the various regions of Thailand. These Athlete Leaders will also be a part of the upcoming regional directors meeting.
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