Rosie Laidler of Kincardine off to Special Olympics worlds in Austria

By: Liz Dadson  May 17, 2016  1354

Kincardine figure skater Rosie Laidler has been named to Team Canada for the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Austria, from March 14-25.

She joins 110 athletes from across Canada on the team, competing in six sports.

Austria is expecting 3,000 athletes from 110 nations at the worlds.

Laidler (left, in photo) and her local training coach, Lorilee Nelson, will be attending a four-day training camp in Orangeville later this month and then the hard work begins!

A member of the Kincardine and Ripley-Huron skating clubs, Laidler won gold medals in dance and freeskate at the nationals in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, back in March, making her eligible for Team Canada and the worlds.

For more information about Special Olympics Team Canada and the world winter games, check on-line at: www.specialolympics.ca and www.austria2017.org

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Liz Dadson

Liz Dadson is the founder and editor of the Kincardine Record and has been in the news business since 1986.

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