2025 SPECIAL OLYMPICS WORLD GAMES - TURIN ITALY
LATEST NEWS from our Champions in Italy March 8-15th
RACE CAMP AT PERFECT NORTH
4 Team USA World Games Athletes prepare for Italy at PNS
On Feb 10th - 11th, Lucky Racer Coaches Rob and Jim, Founder Kris and Chairman Rich along with Team USA Assistant Coach Duncan Myers put on a two day race camp At Perfect North Slopes. Great weather and some great support from Perfect North operations made for a very productive camp where we worked on starts, slalom, giant slalom and super G. The athletes who attended were:
DesaRae Nickell - Morehead KY
Jason Hais - Cincinnati, OH
Tomas Sliva - Indianapolis, IN
Christina Danieli - Gross Point Farms, Michigan
THEY ARE OFF TO ITALY!!!
Off to Milan March 6th 2025
Delta 184 7:46pm Thursday (6th) to Milan
TEAGAN is on her way as well!
From: https://www.facebook.com/teamteaganak
Our 2025 Lucky Racer Champion, Teagan Lockwood, based in Fairbanks, Alaska, has been an active participant in Special Olympics since 2015, excelling in Alpine skiing and engaging in athletics, gymnastics, and starting golf in the summer of 2024. Despite injuries, including an ACL tear and ankle tendon injury, Teagan displays resilience and bravery, returning to skiing after surgeries and rehabilitation. Named the Special Olympics Alaska Female Athlete of the Year in 2021 and earning a varsity letter in cheerleading, she demonstrates her commitment to excellence.
Day 1 DesaRae Wins Bronze in GS
In the first day of three races DesaRae scores a Bronze Medal!
If you haven't heard....our Lucky Racer Ambassador, DesaRae Nickell made her stamp at the Special Olympic World Games in Italy bringing home the Bronze in GS (Giant Slalom)
Teegan skis well and just misses the podium with a 4th.
It was a snowy day but that didn't deter DesaRae from skiing her best which put her on her first podium of the games! She said the scariest part was skiing the very steep run to get to the start!
DAY 2 DesaRae WINS Super G
March 13th 2025
It was a colder day than the GS but that didn't slow DesaRae one bit and she fearlessly won the fastest race of the games! We couldn't be more PROUD of YOU Champion! Way to represent Kentucky Special Olympics, Lucky Racer & the Special Olympics USA!I
Teagan once again showed her strength, grit and determination during her Super G race when she fell, lost a ski-but was able to get up, get her ski back on and return to the course under the 1 minute time allowed. She proudly accepted 7th place and we couldn’t be more proud of our skier❤️
DAY 3 THE SLALOM
On the most difficult of foggy race conditions of the games, Teegan gets her first medal, a bronze with a 41.64 in the turniest of all the races. Congratulations Teegan!!! https://www.facebook.com/teamteaganak
DesaRae was exhausted after two days of racing and opted not to race the slalom.
MORE OFFICIAL RESULTS: https://bit.ly/4imCh95
MORE EVENT PHOTOS: https://bit.ly/43rrfuU
WORLD GAMES 2025 SESTRIERE, ITALY
WELCOME HOME PARTY
The Rowen County Republican Party hosted a welcome home party for our WORLD CHAMPION in SUPER G DesaRae Nickell.
On Tuesday March 18th a very nice celebration of DesaRae's amazing performance in Italy was organized at Reno's Steak House.
Republican Party Chair Emily White had big photos printed for DesaRae to sign and hand out and supplied posters and balloons too. The event was well attended by area Special Olympics athletes and their families as well as at least 4 of DesaRae's 5 aunts , family and friends. Someone in the Republican Party even picked up the check for everyone's dinner! See DesaRea's fantastic speech she gave below and the LEX 18 News report on her win HERE. A fun time was had by all! More pics below
DesaRae's Welcome home party in Morehead Kentucky March 18th, 2025
DesaRae's Speech at Homecoming Party
DESARAE HONORED BY KY HOUSE AND AWARDED TITLE OF "KENTUCKY COLONEL"!
On March 27th, 2025 DesaRae Nickell was honored in the Kentucky House of Representitives VIDEO HERE and was awarded the title of Kentucky Colonel by KY govenor Andy Beshear. Watch the presentation and DesaRae's acceptance speech here:
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/16GZvwhFd7/
MARCH 27th at KENTUCKY CAPITAL
RACE CAMP RESULTS!
3 GOLDS, ONE SILVER, ONE BRONZE
Attendees of the Race camp put on by LUCKY RACER coaches two weeks before the World Games came home with some great performances. From left to right Jason Hais (Cincinnati) did not medal but as they say in Special Olympics "was brave in the attempt". Jason is a great skier so I imagine his advanced heat was very competitive. Our DesaRae came home with a bronze in GS and GOLD in Super G. Christina Danieli got two golds. One in GS and one in super G. (those Michigan girls can ski!) Tommy Sliva (Indy) got a silver in super G. Congrats to all our "campers" and we are very happy that we could help these great athletes prepere for the biggest race of their life!
©Copyright Lucky Racer Ski Corp. All rights reserved.
We need your consent to load the translations
We use a third-party service to translate the website content that may collect data about your activity. Please review the details in the privacy policy and accept the service to view the translations.