EN FOTOS: Día 1 de las Olimpiadas Especiales

Spectators cheer on athletes from the men’s division of the triathlon during the Special Olympics in Long Beach on Sunday.

Athletes from the women’s division of the triathlon jump into the water for the first leg of the race during the Special Olympics in Long Beach on Sunday.

Medals at the finish line for the triathlon before they are passed out during the Special Olympics in Long Beach on Sunday.

Athletes from the men’s division of the triathlon jump into the water for the first leg of the race during the Special Olympics in Long Beach on Sunday.

Costa Rica’s Bryan Alvarado crosses the finish line of the triathlon during the Special Olympics in Long Beach on Sunday.

Women’s division winner Florencia Barranque, from Uruguay, gets a hug from her team after the triathlon during the Special Olympics in Long Beach on Sunday.

Daniel Souza of Brazil cheers as he and teammates play midway games at Pacific Park on Santa Monica Pier.

The Colombian national team arrives at Loyola Marymount University to check-in for the Special Olympics World Games on Tuesday.

The team from Colombia is greeted by well-wishers, volunteers and staff after disembarking from the bus at Loyola Marymount University.

The team from Macau are greeted at Loyola Marymount University by cheerleaders from Chaminade College Preparatory School. The Special Olympics World Games begin Saturday and run to Aug. 2.

National Guard members of the 2668 Transportation Company out of Orville, Calif., help with luggage Tuesday as teams from around the world arrive at Loyola Marymount University to check-in for the Special Olympics World Games.

Members of the Brazilian Special Olympics team greet fellow their teammates at Loyola Marymount University.

Athlete Jazmine Slama and police officer Sebastian Charleboi hold up the Special Olympics torch during the Law Enforcement Torch Run at Venice Beach on Thursday.

Special Olympian Florin Dinu of Romania, along with Romanian teammates and Brazilian team members, cheer and dance Thursday beneath the Brazilian flag on Santa Monica Pier.

Michael Silva of Brazil looks out at the waters off Santa Monic Pier on Thursday. Santa Monica, the host city of the Brazilian and Romanian Special Olympics teams, treated the delegations to a day at the pier’s Pacific Park.

Everton Silva of Brazil and teammates ride the West Roller Coaster at Santa Monica Pier.

The team from South Africa is greeted as they arrive at Loyola Marymount University on Tuesday.

New Zealand team members perform the Haka, a traditional ancestral war cry, dance or challenge from the Maori people.

Julian Flores and his Colombian teammates exercise with staff members of the Los Angeles Athletic Club on Wednesday. The Special Olympics World Games run from Saturday to Aug. 2 at venues around the greater Los Angeles area.

Jamaican athletes play soccer outside the Forum in Inglewood on Wednesday.

Daniela Brandt of Pennsylvania, left, and Loretta Mackey, a police officer from the Bahamas, carry the Special Olympics torch while participating in the Law Enforcement Torch Run on Wednesday.

Members of the Jamaican team line up Wednesday as part of drills at the Forum in Inglewood.

Jessica Pereira is all smiles after finishing yoga with instructors Denise Waling, right, and Elena Schubert, not pictured, in Santa Monica,

Diane Santos stretches with her Brazilian teammates and the team from Romania in Santa Monica on Wednesday.

Yoga instructor Elena Schuber and the teams from Brazil and Romania stretch in Santa Monica.

Delegation liaison Djordijana Konstantinovich gets a hug from Colombia’s Julian Flores after the Colombian team arrived at Loyola Marymount University on Tuesday.