2021 Summer Deaflympics
summer deaflympics officially known th summer deaflympics xxiv summer deaflympics commonly known caxias sul international multisport event held may brazil main host city caxias sul brazil originally scheduled december postponed may due covid pandemic addition caxias event scheduled neighboring city farroupilha flores da cunha april cis announced due russian invasion ukraine russian belarusian athlete barred competing caxias sul press release also announced bowling tournament scheduled held kuala lumpur malaysia october th summer deaflympics game originally scheduled held september october tokyo decided withdraw host due schedule summer olympics first time game held latin american country south american country rio de janeiro stripped hosting right summer deaflympics transferred samsun summer host city may end autumn brazil also first time since winter deaflympics held salt lake city event held cis america region third time game held southern hemisphere game held christchurch new zealand game melbourne australia due lack interested party process choosing venue deaflympics postponed several time brazilian confederation sport deaf presented emergency proposal host next edition summer game accepted host country game meeting international committee sport deaf february caxias sul rio grande sulwas proposed host city game scheduled take place december late spring early summer host city consequence postponement summer olympics announced january result covid pandemic summer deaflympics rescheduled may also first instance history deaflympics winter game canceled late caxias sul brazil bidder replaced tokyo originally program edition would consist final sport however due problem available infrastructure low number participant bowling event removed caxias sul later relocated kuala lumpur malaysia held – october thus program consist event sport medal disputed malaysia later added medal table result number athlete added later official statistic new event added athletics karate orienteering shooting swimming whereas number event bowling judo taekwondo reduced also first time since summer deaflympics womens handball tournament held bowling held – october kuala lumpur bowling following calendar event held caxias sul blue box represents event competition yellow box represent day medalawarding final sport held number yellow box represents number final contested day schedule doesn´t include bowling event belarusian russian compete event ban result russian invasion ukraine great britain china also withdrew competition worsening condition related covid pandemic country national deaf sport federation sent delegation caxias sul kuala lumpur source host nation brazil march woman brazil greece italy poland b united state turkey lithuania kenya ukraine men kenya united state argentina poland israel b greece venezuela lithuania brazil ukraine chinese taipei woman brazil japan united state poland kenya men argentina ukraine egypt france south korea b brazil italy cameroon iran netherlands c turkey united state iraq germany mali poland greece mexico senegal uzbekistan woman brazil argentina turkey denmark kenya men brazil serbia germany kenya b croatia denmark turkey ghana woman brazil ukraine japan mexico b united state poland turkey italy men brazil france italy mexico venezuela b ukraine poland turkey japan ghana woman ukraine ukraine canada czech republic lithuania men brazil austria finland ghana b germany iran estonia japan c ghana czech republic germany ukraine canada czech republic italy ukraine japan official website