Paralympics sports Goalball

Breaking barriers: GoalBall for visually impaired

  • 12/2/2022
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    A moving event was organised last week by the Cyprus National Paralympic Committee and the Embassy of Israel, under the auspices of the Speaker of the House of Representatives​, for the promotion and development of the Paralympics sport Goalball, for people with vision impairment.

    The special game took place on Friday, December 02, 2022 between the national goalball teams of Greece and Israel.

    Read here the speech by the Deputy Head of the Embassy Ms Rotem Segev:

    𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘰𝘰𝘯,

    𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴' 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘋𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴.

    𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺.

    𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘎𝘰𝘢𝘭 𝘉𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘤𝘦. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐’𝘮 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘵. 𝘐’𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘪𝘵.

    𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 1948. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 384 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘴, 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 129 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘴, 125 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 130 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘻𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘴.



    𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 - 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭.

    𝘈𝘴 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘺.

    𝘈 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘺𝘱𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘤 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵.
    𝘐𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥.