Posted: 03rd Nov, 2004 By: MarkJ
UK Deaf Sport has announced the sponsorship of Broadband from BT to help raise the profile of the Great Britain Deaflympics athletes quest for gold in Melbourne:
Between January 5 to16, 2005, 3,500 deaf and hard of hearing athletes and team officials from 90 countries will participate in 15 different individual and team sporting events at the 20th summer Deaflympic Games in Melbourne.
The British Team is fielding over 80 athletes, many of whom are medal contenders, to participate in eight sporting disciplines.
The Deaflympic Games, under the patronage of the International Olympic Committee, is the second oldest multi-sport and cultural festival on earth and has a long and illustrious history since its inaugural Games in Paris in 1924.
Thanks to BTs support, the British Deaflympic team will have a full media presence at the Games. The team will be able to send news and photos, as events happen, directly to the UK Deaf Sport web site www.ukdeafsport.org.uk - during the two weeks of the Games.
Prior to the Games kick off, the web site will also include facts and full statistics about the British teams star performers.