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Weekend Edition: Why doesn't the government fund deaf athletes?

Weekend Edition: Why doesn't the government fund deaf athletes?

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Did you know the government doesn't fund deaf athletes, because
they aren’t allowed to compete at the Paralympics?

For 100 years now they’ve been holding their own competition -
the Deaflympics - where referee whistles are
replaced by flag signals, and starting guns by flashing
lights. But no Paralympics means no
funding. All because they were born with the so-called “wrong”
disability. Great Britain medal hopefuls Charlotte
Gower and Nathan Young join Gabby.

Plus we look back at the best bits from this week on The Sports
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Mike Vorkunov; to a love letter to the
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Phil Tufnell.

You can watch the Deaflympics live on YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/@TOKYO2025DEAFLYMPICS And find out more
information about DeaflympicsGB here:
https://www.deaflympicsgb2025.co.uk/

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