ESPN.com · Jul 26, 2015
Social scene: Special Olympics World Games
Twitterverse shines spotlight on World Games opening ceremony
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Play5:36Lighting the CauldronAvril Lavigne joins the participants at the Special Olympics to sing and commemorate the lighting of the cauldron to celebrate the start of the 2015 games.
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The Special Olympics World Games kicked off with Saturday night's opening ceremony at L.A. Coliseum. From the parade of nations to the lighting of the cauldron, here is how the Twitterverse weighed in on the star-studded event:
Getting ready
Many of the Special Olympics Global Ambassadors showed their support for the World Games: