{"id":90023,"date":"2026-05-21T11:32:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T09:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/specialolympics.ch\/blog\/2026\/05\/21\/the-starting-signal-will-be-given-in-one-week\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T14:20:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T12:20:58","slug":"the-starting-signal-will-be-given-in-one-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/blog\/2026\/05\/21\/the-starting-signal-will-be-given-in-one-week\/","title":{"rendered":"The starting signal will be given in one week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearly 1,600 athletes and around 600 coaches will compete in 16 sports at the National Summer Games Zug 2026, transforming the city into a vibrant stage for sports and connection over four days. The anticipation is palpable\u2014behind the scenes, final preparations are in full swing, with the last details being coordinated and refined to ensure the Games are an unforgettable experience for everyone involved. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The audience can look forward to thrilling competitions, moving moments, and an incredibly diverse and colorful supporting program. Above all, it will be the passion, joy, and genuine emotions of the athletes that will inspire and deeply touch everyone. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can find more information about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zug2026.ch\/de\/sportprogramm\">sports<\/a> here and about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zug2026.ch\/de\/rahmenprogramm\">supporting program<\/a> here.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wearepepper.ch\/de\/db\/specialolympics\/2675\">Images will be uploaded here<\/a> each evening during the Games.<br\/>(Photo credit: WeArePepper\/Name of photographer)<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/start-and-ranking-lists-nsg-2026\/\">You will find the start and ranking lists here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/specialolympicsswitzerland\/\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/soswi.compresso.website\/\">Facebook<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/special-olympics-switzerland?trk=public_post_feed-actor-name&amp;originalSubdomain=ch\">LinkedIn<\/a> so you don&#8217;t miss any of the emotions.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The videos will be available on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@specialolympicsswitzerland\">YouTube channel<\/a> after the Games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly 1,600 athletes and around 600 coaches will compete in 16 sports at the National Summer Games&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":90024,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[220,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-national-games-en","category-news-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90023"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90025,"href":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90023\/revisions\/90025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}