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Belgian polar explorer Dixie Dansercoer (pictured) died in Greenland this week, after falling through a shaft in a glacier. Dansercoer was snowkiting across the massive island from north to south together with a fellow explorer from Canada.
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Swimmer Claire Pearson has won four medals for this country; three golds and silver, to be exact. The Sydney woman s haul for New South Wales is even bigger, and she s both captained and assisted the coach of her state s team.
It s likely, though, that you ve never heard her name.
Claire, 25, is among 3,000 Australian athletes who participate in Special Olympics, a global sporting program for people with an intellectual disability.
Watch: How Special Olympics and NAB have helped Claire become a champion.
Video via NAB
Founded in 1968 by the late Eunice Kennedy Shriver, philanthropist and sister of US President John F. Kennedy, the not-for-profit organisation offers year-round accessible training, coaching and competition opportunities, the pinnacle of which is the World Games, held every four years.
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