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Blind Soccer (Football 5-a-side)
Adapted soccer with a ball that makes noise, and the goalkeepers are sighted but can't leave the area.
Beep Baseball
A version of baseball with a beeping ball and buzzing bases to guide the players.
Blind Tennis
Tennis adapted with a softer ball that makes noise and allows for extra bounces.
Blind Fencing
Fencing adapted where athletes begin the bout in contact with their opponent's sword and with a tactile piste to feel boundaries.
Blind Archery
Archery adapted with tactile guides to assist with aiming and the help of a sighted spotter.
Blind Bowling
Bowling adapted with rails to guide the players to the line and audible devices to signal pins' placement.
Blind Chess
Chess adapted by using tactile boards and pieces with different shapes for each chess piece.
Blind Golf
Golf adapted with the assistance of a sighted guide to describe the layout and help with alignment.
Blind Rowing
Rowing adapted with a sighted coxswain to guide and command the timing and direction of the blind rowers.
Blind Swimming
Swimming adapted with tapping devices to warn swimmers of approaching walls and the aid of sighted guides.
Blind Alpine Skiing
Alpine skiing adapted with a sighted guide skiing ahead providing verbal instructions via headset.
Blind Judo
Judo adapted where visually impaired athletes begin matches in contact with each other.
Blind Snooker
Snooker adapted with the help of a sighted assistant to describe the position of the balls and a tactile cueing system.
Goalball
A team sport designed for blind athletes where players use their body to block a ball with bells inside from entering the goal.
Blind Powerlifting
Powerlifting adapted by having commands called out for timing, alignment, and when to start and re-rack the weights.
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