British athletes at Deaflympics having to raise fundsNo elite deaf athletes are funded by central governmentIt is shameful and discriminatory that deaf people are the only disabled community that does not receive any government funding to help them compete in elite sport, MPs have been told.While UK Sport will invest £330m of government and national lottery funding into British Olympic and Paralympic sport over the Los Angeles 2028 cycle, the GB team for next month’s Deaflympics in Tokyo is having to raise the majority of the £450,000 costs themselves. Continue reading...
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MPs warned over ‘shameful’ lack of funding for GB athletes at Deaflympics
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