2021 Summer Deaflympics Explained

XXIV Summer Deaflympics
Host City:Caxias do Sul, Brazil
Motto:Sport comes from our hearts
(Portuguese: O esporte vem dos nossos corações)
Nations:72
Athletes:2466
Events:219 in 18 sports
Stadium:Festa da Uva Main Paviliion
Opened By:First Lady Michelle Bolsonaro
Opening:1 May 2022
Closing:15 May 2022
Spreviouss:Samsun 2017
Snexts:Tokyo 2025
Sprevious:Sondrio Province 2019
Snext:Ankara-Erzurum 2023
Website:website

The 2021 Summer Deaflympics, officially known as the 24th Summer Deaflympics or XXIV Summer Deaflympics, and commonly known as Caxias Do Sul 2021, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 15 May 2022 in Brazil. The main host city was Caxias do Sul, Brazil, originally scheduled for December 2021 but postponed until May 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to Caxias, there were events scheduled for the neighboring cities of Farroupilha and Flores da Cunha. In April 2022, CISS has announced that due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian and Belarusian athletes were barred from competing in Caxias do Sul, and in the same press release it was also announced that the bowling tournament was scheduled to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, during October 2022.[1]

This is the first time the Games are being held in a Latin American country, in a South American country, and not during the summer of the host city (as May is the end of autumn in Brazil). This is also the first time since the 2007 Winter Deaflympics, held in Salt Lake City, for the event to be held in the CISS Americas Region, and the third time for the Games to be held in the Southern Hemisphere as the 1989 games were held in Christchurch in New Zealand and 2005 games Melbourne in Australia.

Host city selection

Due to the lack of interested parties, the process of choosing the venue for the Deaflympics was postponed several times, until the Brazilian Confederation of Sports for the Deaf presented an emergency proposal to host the next edition of the Summer Games. Accepted as host country for the 2021 Games at a meeting of the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf on 26 February 2020 Caxias do Sul in Rio Grande do Sul,was proposed as host city and the games were scheduled to take place from 5 to 21 December 2021 during the late spring and early summer at the host city. As a consequence of the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics to 2021, it was announced in January 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic the 2021 Summer Deaflympics was rescheduled to May 2022. This is also the first such instance in the history of the Deaflympics (the 2011 Winter Games had been canceled in late 2010).[2] [3]

Sports

Originally, the program for this edition would consist of 221 finals in 18 sports. However, due to problems with the available infrastructure and the low number of participants, the bowling events had to be removed from Caxias do Sul and was later relocated to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia and will be held on 20–30 October 2022. Thus, the program will consist of 216 events in 18 sports. Medals disputed in Malaysia will later be added to the medal table and their results and the number of athletes will be added later to official statistics. New events were added in athletics, karate, orienteering, shooting, and swimming, whereas the number of events in bowling, judo, and taekwondo has been reduced. This will also be the first time since the 2001 Summer Deaflympics that a women's handball tournament will be held.[4] [5]

Individual sports

Team sports

Bowling

Bowling was held between on 21–30 October 2022 in Kuala Lumpur.[6] [7] [8]

Calendar

In the following calendar for the events held in Caxias do Sul, each blue box represents an event competition. The yellow boxes represent days during which medal-awarding finals for a sport are held. The number in each yellow box represents the number of finals that are contested on that day.[9] This schedule doesn´t include the bowling events.

OC Opening ceremonyEvent competitions1 Gold medal eventsCC Closing ceremony
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Ceremonies OC CC
Athletics<-- 30 -->1<-- 08 -->8<-- 09 -->6<-- 10 -->8<-- 11 -->2<-- 13 -->8<-- 14 -->9<-- 15 -->2<-- T -->10
Badminton<-- 30 -->●<-- 03 -->●<-- 04 -->1<-- 05 -->●<-- 07 -->●<-- 08 -->●<-- 09 -->●<-- 10 -->●<-- 11 -->5<-- 12 -->6
Basketball<-- 30 -->●<-- 03 -->●<-- 04 -->●<-- 05 -->●<-- 06 -->●<-- 07 -->●<-- 08 -->●<-- 09 -->●<-- 10 -->●<-- 12 -->●<-- 13 -->2<-- 14 -->2
Beach volleyball<-- 30 -->●<-- 04 -->●<-- 05 -->●<-- 06 -->●<-- 07 -->●<-- 08 -->●<-- 09 -->●<-- 10 -->●<-- 12 -->2<-- 13 -->2
Cycling<-- 30 -->2<-- 03 -->2<-- 05 -->2<-- 07 -->2<-- 09 -->2<-- 11 -->10
Football<-- 30 -->●<-- 01 -->●<-- 03 -->●<-- 04 -->●<-- 05 -->●<-- 06 -->● <-- 07 -->●<-- 08 -->●<-- 09 -->●<-- 10 -->●<-- 11 -->●<-- 12 -->● <-- 13 -->1<-- 14 -->1<-- 15 -->10
Golf<-- 30 -->●<-- 08 -->●<-- 09 -->●<-- 10 -->●<-- 11 -->2<-- 12 -->10
Handball<-- 30 -->● <-- 03 -->●<-- 04 -->●<-- 05 -->● <-- 06 -->●<-- 07 -->●<-- 08 -->●<-- 09 -->●<-- 10 -->●<-- 11 -->●<-- 12 -->● <-- 13 -->●<-- 14 -->2 <-- 15 -->2
Judo<-- 30 -->6 <-- 04 -->6 <-- 05 -->2 <-- 06 -->14
Karate<-- 30 -->6 <-- 03 -->7 <-- 04 -->3 <-- 05 -->16
Orienteering<-- 30 -->2 <-- 07 -->2 <-- 08 -->1 <-- 09 -->2 <-- 11 -->2 <-- 13 -->2 <-- 15 -->2
Shooting<-- 30 -->● <-- 03 -->1 <-- 04 -->1 <-- 05 -->1 <-- 06 -->1 <-- 07 -->1 <-- 09 -->2 <-- 10 -->2 <-- 11 -->2 <-- 12 -->2 <-- 13 -->13
Swimming<-- 30 -->5 <-- 03 -->5 <-- 04 -->6 <-- 05 -->5 <-- 06 -->5 <-- 07 -->6 <-- 08 -->5 <-- 09 -->6 <-- 10 -->38
Table tennis<-- 30 -->● <-- 06 -->1 <-- 07 -->1 <-- 09 -->● <-- 10 -->● <-- 11 -->2 <-- 12 -->4
Taekwondo<-- 30 -->3 <-- 07 -->4 <-- 08 -->4 <-- 09 -->10
Tennis<-- 30 -->● <-- 04 -->● <-- 05 -->● <-- 06 -->● <-- 07 -->● <-- 08 -->● <-- 10 -->● <-- 11 -->2 <-- 12 -->2 <-- 13 -->1 <-- 14 -->5
Volleyball<-- 30 -->● <-- 05 -->● <-- 06 -->● <-- 07 -->● <-- 08 -->● <-- 09 -->● <-- 11 -->● <-- 12 -->● <-- 13 -->2 <-- 14 -->2
Wrestling<-- 30 -->● <-- 11 -->8 <-- 12 -->● <-- 14 -->8 <-- 15 -->16
Daily medal events13191981313221624131022222214
Cumulative total133251597285107129145158168190212214214
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Events

Participating nations

Belarusian and Russian will not compete at the event after a ban as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Great Britain and China also withdrew from the competition because of the worsening conditions related to the COVID-19 pandemic at the country.

72 National Deaf Sports Federations sent their delegations to Caxias do Sul and Kuala Lumpur:[5]

  1. Afghanistan (1)
  2. (12)
  3. (70)
  4. (5)
  5. (6)
  6. (4)
  7. (199) (Host)
  8. (22)
  9. (18)
  10. (16)
  11. (8)
  12. Chinese Taipei (50)
  13. (23)
  14. (28)
  15. (18)
  16. (23)
  17. (34)
  18. (3)
  19. (11)
  20. (21)
  21. (7)
  22. (56)
  23. (3)
  24. (75)
  25. (75)
  26. (36)
  27. (12)
  28. (20)
  29. (64)
  30. (68)
  31. (25)
  32. (18)
  33. (78)
  34. (93)
  35. (58)
  36. (110)
  37. (90)
  38. (15)
  39. (17)
  40. (11)
  41. (42)
    1. (20)
  42. (5)
  43. (44)
  44. (5)
  45. (21)
  46. (8)
  47. (1)
  48. (6)
  49. (1)
  50. (1)
  51. (3)
  52. (144)
  53. (12)
  54. (23)
  55. (19)
  56. (14)
  57. (2)
  58. (12)
  59. (4)
  60. (7)
  61. (7)
  62. (5)
  63. (19)
  64. (130)
  65. (175)
  66. (7)
  67. (135)
  68. (3)
  69. (31)
  70. (39)

Medal table

Source:[10]

Draw

On 30 March 2022:[11]

Basketball

Women (9)

A: / / /

B: / / / /

Men (11)

A: / / / /

B: / / / / / Chinese Taipei

Football

Women (5)

A: / / / /

Men (20)

A: / / / /

B: / / / /

C: / / / /

D: / / / /

Handball

Women (5)

A: / / / /

Men (8)

A: / / /

B: / / /

Volleyball

Women (8)

A: / / /

B: / / /

Men (10)

A: / / / /

B: / / / /

Beach volleyball

Women (5)

A: 1 / 2 / / /

Men (17)

A: / / / 1

B: 2 / / / 1

C: 2 / 1 / 1 / 1 /

D: 2 / / 2 / 2

References

  1. Web site: Deaflympics 2021 in Bowling . CISS . 17 April 2022 . 4 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220504085338/https://www.deaflympics.com/news/deaflympics-2022-in-bowling . live .
  2. Web site: Brazil Declares Host for the Summer Deaflympics in 2021 . 2021-10-14 . www.deaflympics.com . en . 28 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200328115723/https://www.deaflympics.com/news/brazil-declares-host-for-the-summer-deaflympics-in-2021 . live .
  3. Web site: Postponement of the 2021 Summer Deaflympics . 2021-10-14 . www.deaflympics.com . en . 3 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210203123844/https://www.deaflympics.com/news/postponement-of-the-2021-summer-deaflympics . live .
  4. Web site: SPORTS . 2021-10-14 . 24th Summer Deaflympics . en-US . 28 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211028170750/https://www.deaflympics2021.com/sports/ . live .
  5. Web site: Caxias do Sul 2022 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210215072349/https://www.deaflympics.com/games/2022-s . 15 February 2021 . 31 March 2022 . Deaflympics.
  6. Web site: Deaflympics 2021 in Bowling . www.deaflympics.com . 2 May 2022 . 15 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220515052105/https://www.deaflympics.com/news/deaflympics-2022-in-bowling . live .
  7. Web site: Technical Regulations - Bowling . deaflympics.com . 4 May 2022 . 4 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220504085334/https://www.deaflympics.com/sports/BW/regulations . live .
  8. Web site: Kuala Lumpur 2022 Official Website . Kuala Lumpur 2022 . 16 October 2022 . 16 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221016184315/http://www.netmedia-services.com/wpbc2022/default.htm . live .
  9. Web site: 2022 Deaflympics Competitions Schedule . 2022-04-30 . 28 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220428185357/https://www.deaflympics2021.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2022-Deaflympics-Competitions-Schedule-v6.0-Schedule-2022-1.pdf . live .
  10. Web site: Medal Table . 3 May 2022 . 3 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220503120020/https://www.deaflympics2021.com/medals/ . live .
  11. Web site: Keying . 24th Summer Deaflympics . 2 May 2022 . 6 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220506075143/https://www.deaflympics2021.com/keying/ . live .

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