Today, November 25th, on the final competition day of the 25th Summer Deaflympics in Tokyo, our athletes won five gold medals, as well as one silver and one bronze. An excellent finish! Let's take turns recounting the splendid victories of our athletes, who, despite all difficulties, achieved astonishing results! Let's start with news fr om the mountain bikers. Early in the morning at the cycling sports center, the mountain bikers faced their final and most challenging test in the XCO...

Monday morning continued to delight us with wonderful news fr om Japan — medal after medal! Today, tennis masters Dmitry Dolzhenkov and Vladislav Abramov, having gone through all stages undefeated, became champions of the 25th Summer Deaflympics in men's doubles! In the final match, they secured a confident victory over German opponents Niklas Koehler and Luca Steen with a score of 6:2, 6:1. By the way, the Games are not over for Dmitry yet — he still has another final match in singles...

This morning, the Komazawa Olympic Park, Tokyo, was once again the scene of intense athletic battles. Yugra's own Ardashir Mumindzhanov brought us joy again. Having already won his first Games gold in the decathlon on November 18th, today he became a champion once more, this time in the pole vault, solidifying his absolute leadership in this discipline for all to see! In the finals, our athlete competed against the world's strongest deaf track and field athletes, capable of clearing heights...

Today on the tartan tracks of the Komazawa Olympic Stadium, Victoriia Aksenova shone once again, winning a gold medal in the women's 400m hurdles! The athlete from Kolomna finished confidently with a time of 1:00.74, leaving her competitors behind by more than 4 seconds. This medal became the fifth gold for our track and field athletes at these 25th Summer Deaflympics and the second for Victoriia, while in her career, it's her third (2017, 2025). At the finish line, Victoriia was just...

The triumphant Deaflympic week continues! Today, our masters of rackets and shuttlecocks are in the spotlight! Hot final passions were boiling on the courts of the "Keio" arena, located in the Ariake Tennis Park. In the badminton singles final, two Russian athletes, Shokhzod Gulomzoda and Mikhail Efremov, competed against each other for the first time in the history of the Games. Both confidently passed through the qualification sieve and the playoff, all stages of...

Today, at the center for cycling sports (Shizuoka Prefecture, Tokyo), races were held in the road cycling discipline — individual time trial. 45 men competed over a 25 km distance and 23 women over 15 km. Despite the high technical complexity of the track with many sharp turns and hills, our cyclists fought for podium places in the leading group. The celebrated veteran Dmitry Rozanov again created a loud sensation. Starting seventh in the time trial, Dmitry immediately picked...

The morning of the fifth day at the Komazawa Olympic Park began with track and field, as always. The stadium buzzed with excitement, where emotions ran high in the running and technical events. Denis Fedorenkov, a renowned high jumper, ventured into the unfamiliar territory of the triple jump and secured a commendable sixth place. The day's highlight was Ardashir Mumindzhanov's performance. The Deaflympic champion from yesterday finished fourth in the 110-meter hurdles, missing...

Yesterday, the third day of the Games, saw the Japanese Cycling Center in Shizuoka host road cycling events in men's and women's sprint disciplines. Fifty men and 24 women battled for the title of the world's fastest on 500-meter tracks. The competition was grueling, spanning qualifying rounds, playoffs, and elimination stages. The finalists faced off in intense, often multiple races for medals. Emotions ran high, and crashes involving favorites, like Poland's representative...

Yesterday, November 16, in Adachi (a district in northern Tokyo), competitions were held for judokas at the "Tokyo Budokan" martial arts palace. Athletes Alina Pozdeyeva (48 kg) and Mikhail Ryabchenko (73 kg) competed in neutral status. For Mikhail, the very first bout ended in defeat to a representative from Kazakhstan, and he was eliminated from further competition. However, Alina Pozdeyeva managed to create a sensation in her weight category, which featured six...

In accordance with the documents provided by the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD) and forwarded by the Russian Deaflympic Committee regarding the participation of our athletes in the 2025 Summer Deaflympics (Tokyo, Japan), we hereby communicate the key points and eligibility criteria for competitions held under the auspices of the ICSD. Athletes and their support personnel from Russia or Belarus may participate in the Deaflympics and World Championships only under the status...