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Paralympic Committee of Portugal promotes meeting of deaflympic athletes
Updated : 10/03/2022
The Paralympic Committee of Portugal, CPP promotes next Saturday, March 12, from 9:30 a.m. at the Meliá Lisboa Oriente Hotel (Parque das Nações) the Athletes Meeting of the Caxias do Sul Surdolímpica Preparation Program 2021.
This meeting aims to provide relevant information to athletes and coaches about Portuguese participation in the upcoming Deaflympic Games.
Also on this occasion will be released the name of the Head of Mission to this important sports competition. The Deaflympic Games Caxias do Sul 2021 will take place in Brazil from May 1 to 15, 2022. Nearly 4,500 athletes from 100 countries are expected to compete in the 21 modalities of the deaflympic calendar, distributed over 18 arenas of competition.
This is Portugal's eighth participation in the Deaflympic Games. So far the national athletes have counted a total of 13 medals.
The Deaflympic Games, which are the second oldest multisport event in the world, were first held in 1924 and are held every four years.
The event is organized by the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD). It was established in 1924 and in 1955 was admitted by the International Olympic Committee as an international federation.
To participate in the Games, athletes must have lost 55 decibels in their "best ear" and are not allowed to wear any hearing aids or implants.