Stockport Harriers Inclusive Athletics

Did I mention that the team also met Thomas Young too? No!!!?

Thomas Young, British sprinter.
Paralympic Games gold medalist, 3 times European champion and 2 times silver medalist.

Professional photographs from last week.
Special Olympics Great Britain

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Special Olympics GB National Summer Games 2026 Special Olympics uses sport to empower children & adults with an intellectual disability to enhance their health and wellbeing

4 x 100 relay 💛🖤💛🖤

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featuring us 🫶

Eight local athletes bring medals home to Stockport from Special Olympics GB National Games Stockport has a few more medals to its name

We are back on the track at 6pm tomorrow.
See you all
there 🖤💛🖤💛

Results are back.

What an amazing few days at THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS GB NATIONAL SUMMER GAMES 2026, Athletics event.

The last SOGB National Games was held in Sheffield in 2017.

This year’s guest star was the BRIT Award-winning Rapper Aitch, who comes from Manchester.
He’s also an ambassador for the charity Down Syndrome Association. Aitch performed his hit song ‘My G’ which is dedicated to his sister Grace, who was also present at the opening ceremony.

Our first national competition and the result are outstanding.

Gold medals - Luke for long jump with a personal best distance.

Silver medals - Daniel for 100m
and a personal best standing long jump.
Ethan for 1500m and 800m with 2 personal best times.

Bronze medals - Ryan for softball throw and to our 1st relay team (Barnaby, Bradley, Jake and Luke) each receiving a medal.

Our 2nd relay team (Ryan, Nathan, Ethan and Daniel) came in at 6th place, each winning a participation medal.

In total 1 Gold medal, 3 Silver medals, 5 Bronze medals and 15 participants medals.
4 PB.

Can’t tell you how proud we are of our 8 athletes.
Achieving what they set out to do which was to try their best and of course, having lots of fun in between.

Making lots of memories, which I’m sure they will never forget and building new relationships.

Our athletes got to meet Lloyd Martin, who is the Guinness World Record holder for being the youngest London Marathon runner with Down Syndrome back in 2024.
He’s also an Ambassador for Stepping Stones DS and Gold Medal gymnast.

They also got to meet Paralympian Athlete, Maddie Down, who won bronze in the T38 and 100m at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in 2026.
Gold for the T38 and Gold for the 60m, at the 2026 UK Indoor Championships.
At the Trinbago Commonwealth Youth Games 2023 she won gold in the T38, 100m and long jump.

Our 8 athletes showed determination, strength and sportsmanship. Competing against grown adults.

Our team was the youngest to participate in the athletics events and the only club from the North West.
I hope they have made you proud Maureen Wilkins

Thank you to our volunteers and parents for taking time out from work and a big thank you to our coaches Laura and Mike.

More photos and reels to come 😊