THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — A local Special Olympian has won a gold medal in the Special Olympics World Games held in Abu Dabi in The United Arab Emirates.

Hutchinson’s Taryn Grubb won the gold medal in singles bowling Sunday. Grubb was also a part of the USA team that won a silver medal during the event. Grub is the daughter of Wonda Deventhal and Mike Grubb.

Grubb and team USA were among the more than 7,000 athletes from 170 countries competing in 24 summer sports, along with 2,500 coaches and 20,000 volunteers.

These are the first Special Olympics World Games to be held in the Middle East/North Africa region.