Powerlifting in IBSA calendar is relatively new sports. First IBSA world Championships was held only in 2000. in Netherlands. Powerlifting for blind sportists have the same rules as for fully sighted powerlifters. There are only one change – coach can guide sportist to the lifting platform and be with sportist till he starts lifting. In […]
Read more ⟶Competitions for blind or visually impaired swimmers going on with IBSA made regulation, which is based on International Swimming Federation rules , varying those and considering 3 IBSA clasifications(B1, B2 and B3). Blind swimmers competes in the same disciplines like fully sighted swimmers ( freestyle, butterfly, backstroke and brass). Main difference in blind swimming is […]
Read more ⟶In Judo more than in any other sports blind people can compete with fully sighted sportists, because for Judo sportist it;s importsnt to feel not to see. Competitions of Judo for blind and visually impaired sportists happens with IBSA help and with rules who asks for a little bit changes comparing with International Judo Federation […]
Read more ⟶Due to orientation problems, which makes size of the football field , blind footballers instead of eleven palyers decides to play with five players on the field. Rules of FIFA are adapted for blind players, and thats why for playing football there are the same circumstances. The lenght of football game is fifty minutes , […]
Read more ⟶Goalball is a team game. There participates two teams. In each team three palyers- with a view against each other. Each team is located in their side of field. The aim of the game is to throw ball in the opponent team goal. Field Size 18×9 metres. Team field: three metres big field infront of […]
Read more ⟶Nordic Skiing Blind and visually impaired skiers competes in the same sports like fully sighted skiers: in slalom, giant slalom, downhill and supergiant. In this sports ae applied International Skiing Federation rules with small changes, which made IBSA and Paralympic Comitee(IPC). In mountain skiing participates all B categories (B1, B2, B3). In IPC and IFS […]
Read more ⟶Tandem Cycling are very similiar to the traditional cycling. Neccesary driving for blind cyclist makes this sports tandem cycling, for guide or pilot sitting front , but blind or visually impaired cyclist- in the back. Tandem Cycling for blind people started in 1973. in France and for part of IBSA programme became in 1988. In […]
Read more ⟶Athletics is the most exposed sports. In athletics participating around 70 countries in the world. Competitions are organized according to the system of the International Blind Sports Federation(IBSA). Rules of the International Athletics Federation fully aplies for B3 class athletes, but there are included nesessary changes in cases with bigger issues with vision, like they […]
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The 2020 LNSS tandem cycling championship took place on the Biķernieki track today. This year, there wer a record number of crews-19. 5 youth, 5 mixed and women in the combined group and 9 in the men’s group. Erlens Naumčiks and Vladimirs Priede won the 3rd place in the youth classification. They were ahead of […]
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Today in Jelgava, Zemgale Olympic Center, the LNSS 2020 athletics competition took place. This year, the largest number of athletes (40) in any of the competitions organized by the LNSS in the last decade started in Athletics In the men’s 100m youth competition, the first three places – third Artūrs Korjaks – 15.14 seconds, second […]
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