Today's topic is about Deaflympics:

Earlier, the Deaflympics used to be called World Games for the Deaf. The Deaflympics are an
International Olympic Committee-sanctioned
erent in which deaf athletes compete at an elite level. In Deaflympics, the starter's gun, bull horn commands or referee whistles are not used as seen in the Olympics, the Paralympics and the Special Olympics Flags or any visual signal are used to
alert the participants. These games have been organised by the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf since the first event. The Deaflympics
are more than just the world's second oldest multiple sports after Olympics. These games are the world's fastest growing sports events.
 

The Deaflympics are held once in four years. The first Games, held in Paris (France) in
1924, were also the first ever international sporting event for athletes with a disability.
Since 1924, these games have been held persistently after every four years. However,
these games were not held twice due to World War II. Deaflympic Winter Games started in 1949. In 1924, in Paris, only 148 athletes from 9 European countries participated in these games. From 1924 to 1965, these games were officially called the "International Games for the Deaf and sometimes these games were called the "International Silent Games."
From 1966 to 1999 they were called the "World Games for the Deaf'. Occasionally, they
were also referred to as the "World Silent Games". Since 2001, these games are known
as "Deaflympics". The motto of Deaflympics is "equality through sports". Till now, the
Deaflympics have been hosted by 36 cities in 21 countries. The main purpose of Deaflympics
is to provide opportunities to persons with hearing disability to participate in elite sports.
The athletes who have a hearing loss of at least 55 decibel in their better ear are allowed
to participate in Deaflympics. Hearing aid, cochlear implants, etc., are not allowed to be
used in the competition.

This year 24th Deaflympics is held in Brazil, wherein India has additionally participated. From India Dhanush Srikanth received gold medal, and Shourya Shaini received a bronze medal withinside the guys’s 10’m Air Rifle occasion. The Indian badminton crew additionally received the gold medal through 3-1 in opposition to Japan withinside the finals. Currently, Ukraine is main with 19 golds 6 silvers, and thirteen bronze medals while the us is 2d with 6 golds to silvers and seven bronze medals. India until now's in eighth region with dreams and one bronze medal. Deaflympic is held in Caxias Do Sul, in Brazil. It become commenced in May 2022 and the final quotes are fifteenth May 2022. This 12 months seventy two countries have participated withinside the Deaflympics with 2267 athletes. 1521 guys and 746 girls have participated withinside the deaf Olympics from the seventy two countries. As stated approximately day Olympics is a multisport occasion that consists of diverse sports activities like badminton, basketball, seaside volleyball, bowling, biking road, football, golf, handball, judo, Karate, mountain bike, shooting, swimming, table-tennis, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball, wrestling and lots of more.

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