{"id":120505,"date":"2026-09-08T10:17:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T08:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/specialolympics.ch\/blog\/2026\/09\/08\/the-fairytale-of-malmoe\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T08:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T06:54:15","slug":"the-fairytale-of-malmoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/specialolympics.ch\/en\/blog\/2026\/09\/08\/the-fairytale-of-malmoe\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fairytale of Malm\u00f6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>51 people, five sports and countless special moments: From September 2 to 6, a large Swiss delegation represented Special Olympics Switzerland at the Sweden Invitational Games 2026 in Malm\u00f6.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Swimming, Floorball, Football, Table Tennis and Golf, our athletes gave their all and celebrated strong performances. They returned to Switzerland with numerous medals in their bags. Just as valuable, though, were the encounters, the team spirit and the shared experiences beyond the competition venues.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What made Malm\u00f6 so special for our team? <\/strong>Andreas B\u00fcchel, one of the delegation coaches, puts it this way: <em>&#8220;The days in Malm\u00f6 were far more than just a sporting competition and once again showed what makes Special Olympics so special: sporting ambition, emotions, new encounters and tremendous solidarity. Seeing how our athletes surpassed themselves and how the various Swiss sports groups increasingly became one team\u2014these are exactly the moments that make this adventure unforgettable for me as a coach too.&#8221; <\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/files.specialolympics.ch\/Homepage\/Medien\/News\/2026\/20260908_Das%20M%c3%a4rchen%20von%20Malm%c3%b6.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The full event report<\/a><\/strong> contains all the results, stories and voices of the coaches.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can find pictures from Special Olympics <a href=\"https:\/\/specialolympicsswitzerland.sharepoint.com\/:f:\/s\/Event-Photos\/IgCB9PYSyBIDS4R3L-JHew7rAfxtW11iRb8IGxwA6XWErII?e=0Pd4gD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And more from Andreas B\u00fcchel <a href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/tED9SphL3Vg1Ugkc9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>51 people, five sports and countless special moments: From September 2 to 6, a large Swiss delegation&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":120506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[214],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-international-competition-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/specialolympics.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/specialolympics.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/specialolympics.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/specialolympics.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/specialolympics.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120505"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/specialolympics.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120514,"href":"https:\/\/specialolympics.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120505\/revisions\/120514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/specialolympics.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/specialolympics.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/specialolympics.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/specialolympics.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}