From the WDE Daily Report
2002 US Transplant Games Feature Transplant Recipients in Olympic-Style Events
LAKE BUENA VISTA (WDW) -- More than 2,000 individuals of all ages who have received a life-saving organ transplant (heart, lung, kidney, liver, etc.) will compete June 25-29 in the 2002 US Transplant Games at Dis-ney's Wide World of Sports complex and other area venues. Transplant athletes from all 50 states and five countries will compete in 37 Olympic-style events. Medals will be awarded in 13 different sports, including swimming, cycling, basketball, track and field, golf, bowling and tennis. Celebrities and other special guests participating in this year's Games include Olympic bronze medalist and liver transplant recipient Chris Klug, and former NBA stars Sean Elliott and Oscar Robertson, who will host a workshop. Actor Ken Howard, who played the basketball coach/teacher in the popular 1970s television show "The White Shadow," is also ex-pected to participate in the Games. In addition to the athletic competition, the Transplant Games feature four days of special workshops for donor families and a National Kidney Foundation 5K Road Race at Epcot.
2002 US Transplant Games Feature Transplant Recipients in Olympic-Style Events
LAKE BUENA VISTA (WDW) -- More than 2,000 individuals of all ages who have received a life-saving organ transplant (heart, lung, kidney, liver, etc.) will compete June 25-29 in the 2002 US Transplant Games at Dis-ney's Wide World of Sports complex and other area venues. Transplant athletes from all 50 states and five countries will compete in 37 Olympic-style events. Medals will be awarded in 13 different sports, including swimming, cycling, basketball, track and field, golf, bowling and tennis. Celebrities and other special guests participating in this year's Games include Olympic bronze medalist and liver transplant recipient Chris Klug, and former NBA stars Sean Elliott and Oscar Robertson, who will host a workshop. Actor Ken Howard, who played the basketball coach/teacher in the popular 1970s television show "The White Shadow," is also ex-pected to participate in the Games. In addition to the athletic competition, the Transplant Games feature four days of special workshops for donor families and a National Kidney Foundation 5K Road Race at Epcot.