Los Angeles: Today's Google Doodle marks the start of the 14th Special Olympics World Summer Games, which have kicked off today and will run until August 2.
The animated athletes in the Doodle are shown kicking balls, lifting weights and swimming as they take part in the games.
The 2015 games will take place in Los Angeles, and will see 7,000 athletes travelling from more 170 countries to take part.
Just to make the whole thing an even bigger deal, it's the biggest sporting event to take place in LA since the 1984 Olympics.
The Special Olympics World Games take place every two years, and allow athletes with intellectual disabilities to represent their countries in sport.
It will features 26 Olympic-style events in venues throughout the Los Angeles region, and Michelle Obama will be attending the opening ceremony.
This is not the first Google Doodle to call attention to equality in sports—a doodle during last year’s Winter Olympics took the International Olympic Committee to task for not challenging Russia’s laws against gay athletes.
The games will take place in the same Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum where the 1932 and 1984 Olympics were held, and will also utilize athletic facilities on the USC and UCLA campuses.
