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Special Olympic team returns home

Published:Monday | February 16, 2009 | 2:19 PM

Jamaica’s Special Olympics team returned to the country this morning with five medals from the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Idaho, United States.



The medal-haul includes two gold, a silver and two bronze.



The gold medals were won by the floor hockey team and Richard Hilary, who won the 200-metre speed skating race.



Monique Brown won two bronze and a silver medal in speed skating.



Jamaica’s performance was described as good by coach Jacqueline Bennett