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Special Olympics Sendoff

By KFBB News Team

Story Created: Sep 21, 2007 at 3:59 PM MST

Story Updated: Sep 21, 2007 at 5:04 PM MST

After months of training, four Montana athletes are on their way to the 2007 Special Olympics Summer Games in Shanghai, China.

Special Olympics Montana held a press conference today in Great Falls as a send off for the athletes.

Julie Bertelsen and Tawny Gray will be competing in equestrian, while Michelle Hardy and Stuart Brownlow compete in the athletics competition.

"I don't know how to put it. It's the chance of a lifetime for me. As it gets closer and closer I can't believe that I am actually going," says Bertlesen.

Opening ceremonies take place on October, 2nd and the athletes return to Montana after the games end on October 11th.

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