Seventy-six Australians will make their way into the Los Angeles Memorial Colosseum to represent the nation at this year’s Summer Games from 25 July to 2 August.

The Games are the largest sporting event in the world this year, with 7,000 athletes from 177 countries set to compete across 26 sports.

The Australian team will wear the green and gold in 12 sports: aquatics, athletics, basketball, bocce, equestrian, football, Golf, gymnastics, sailing, softball, tennis and tenpin bowling.

Special Olympics World Games partner ESPN is providing comprehensive coverage of the Games across their channels in Australia.

Or you can follow their progress on the team facebook page

See who’s competing and find out more about the whole team – and send a Herogram.

GO TEAM!