For Immediate Release Contact: Secretariat E-Mail: info@ciss.orgOfficial Announcement Regarding the 17th Winter DeaflympicsVysoké Tatry, SVK – The International Committee of Deaf Sports (ICSD) regrets to confirm that the 17th Winter Deaflympics has been officially declared cancelled at 16:00 on Friday, 11 February. The 43rd ICSD Congress will be postponed to a later date.ICSD Executive Board has demanded an urgent meeting with the President of the Slovakian Deaflympics Committee, Mr. Jaromir Ruda, to discuss all critical issues.Further details regarding the cancellation of the Games will be announced shortly after the ICSD Executive Board meets.ICSD wants to acknowledge the hard work of...

H3 Announcement Regarding the 17th Winter Deaflympics Narrator: Slava Klimov, CTO Language: ASL (American Sign Language) Voice Over: Off According to ICSD, Vysoké Tatry, Slovakia  – The International Committee of Deaf Sports (ICSD) regrets to confirm that the 17th Winter Deaflympics has been officially declared cancelled at 16:00 on Friday, 11 February. The 43rd ICSD Congress will be postponed to a later date. ICSD Executive Board has demanded an urgent meeting with the President of the Slovakian Deaflympics Committee, Mr. Jaromir Ruda, to discuss all critical issues. Further details regarding the cancellation of the Games will be announced shortly after...

The International Committee of Deaf Sports confirmed Friday that it is cancelling the 17th Winter Deaflympics. The 10-day ICSD event was scheduled to begin on Feb. 18 in Vysoke Tatry, Slovakia. The ICSD executive board demanded an urgent meeting with the president of the Slovakian Deaflympics committee, Jaromir Ruda, to discuss all critical issues. More details of the cancellation are expected to be released once the board concludes its meeting with Ruda. Canada was set to field a team of 38 athletes, including 23 in hockey, 10 in curling, three snowboarding competitors, and two alpine skiers. Source: http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/story/2011/02/11/sp-deafgames-cancelled.html#socialcomments

The Canadian Deaf Sports Association (CDSA) received the shocking news on Friday night from the International Committee Sports of the Deaf (ICSD) that the 17th Winter Deaflympics in Slovakia have been cancelled. The CDSA Board of Directors is devastated and this cancellation is a surreal experience for everyone. It’s the first time that a Winter Deaflympics have been cancelled since this prestigious event was founded in 1949. Kim Rizzi, the Executive Director of the CDSA, stated from Vienna, Austria where more than half of Team Canada have been training, “We are all so terribly devastated by the news from the...

Chairman of the Organizing Committee of 17th Winter Deaflympics for bridging the time to obtain resources for the upcoming 17th Deaflympic Winter Games is trying to get last minute domestic partner who would provide a loan. Unfortunately, despite serious efforts, this failed and negotiations were completed unsuccessfully. Given the time factor in games can not prepare in the original deadline. Decision to cancel the 17th Winter Deaflympics was made in order not to increase spending arrival of foreign participants. All costs incurred to date are recorded and immediately work and debt have been cleared as soon as possible. At the...

Narrator: Slava Klimov, CTO Language: ASL Voice Over: Off Transcript: See below The more updates we receive on the Slovakia Deaflympics, the more we learn what a disaster it has become. Many disappointments, disillusionment, and as of now there are still people in Slovakia, who are in a daze and feeling lost. As of this moment, two of our H3 team have arrived in Austria, one from Finland and one from the USA. They are now on way to the Slovakia Deaflympics site and will arrive in less than 4 hours, where they will give us updates. Recently, Jaromir Ruda,...

Friday’s cancellation of the 17th Winter Deaflympics in Slovakia left Kimberley Rizzi with both a sick stomach and the task of getting her team home from Europe. The executive director for the Canadian Deaf Sports Association was in Vienna, Austria, checking her emails and making last-minute preparations for the opening of the 10-day Games when it all went wrong. Slovakian organizers, apparently unable to obtain funding to see the event through, put out a quick statement Friday night saying the 600-athlete celebration was finished before it started. This was the first cancellation for the deaf games, which were founded in...

Language: IS (International Sign) Voice Over: Off Transcript: On We are here at Hotel Kempinski, the heart of the Slovakia Winter Deaflympics 2011, which you can see behind me. As of this moment, the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD) has gathered 4 hours ago for a critical meeting, which is still ongoing, and appears it will continue throughout the night. On February 11, 2011, ICSD shocked the world when they announced the cancellation of the 17th Winter Deaflympics 2011. The Slovakia Deaflympics Committee’s website, http://www.2011deaflympics.org/ has posted a statement saying, the head of the Organization Committee, Jaromir...

For Immediate Release Contact: Secretariat E-Mail: info@ciss.orgICSD Confirms Organising Committee Failure To Deliver 17th Winter DeaflympicsVysoké Tatry, SVK - Following intensive meetings in the Slovakian town where the 2011 Winter Deaflympics were to have been hosted, the ICSD leadership team has been able to confirm the local organising committee's comprehensive failure to deliver on its promises."After arriving here in Vysoké Tatry to begin our monitoring of final preparations for the Winter Deaflympics, we became increasingly concerned about the lack of readiness and the absence of key organisers," commented ICSD Chief Executive Tiffany Granfors. "Repeated assurances had been given regarding the...

Language: IS (International Sign) Voice Over: Off Transcript: Pending Good morning! today is a beautiful day! the sky is blue, the sun is shining, reflecting off the blindingly white snow. As of this moment, the ICSD board meeting is still ongoing, as they have been since last night. This morning i confirmed online that yes, the 17th Winter Deaflympics 2011 is still cancelled. Up until then, the Slovakia Deaflympics Organization Committee had been processing along, when they hit a roadblock and had no choice but to stop. Tiffany Grandfors, ICSD’s chief executive, claims they have periodically received documents from the...

Language: IS (International Sign) Voice Over: Off Transcript: Pending :: H3 Network Media® – Strbske Pleso, Slovakia Craig Crowley: Hello, I’m Craig Crowley, President of the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD)/Deaflympics Dawn Jani: You mentioned last year that the name of “Deaflympics” has to uphold to IOC’s regulations and that if the name of “Deaflympics” is unable to meet IOC regulations, then maybe the term Deaflympics should be discontinued and return to its previous name, which is Deaf Games. How much weight does the name “Deaflympics” carry? And how does this impact the future of Deaflympics? CC:...

Host: Dawn Jani Birley Filmmaker / Editor: Darren Frazier Language: IS (International Sign) Voice Over: Off Transcript: Pending

Language: English CC: Off Source: http://www.theBostonChannel.com Five Massachusetts hockey players, who were representing Team USA in the 17th Winter Deaflympics, were notified Friday that the event has been cancelled. :: H3 Additional description (description has been corrected): Video interview of hearing parents of a Deaf USA Team Hockey player describing their reaction to the cancellation of the Deaflympics. They said they told the team as they were getting on the bus that the Deaflympics were cancelled, and now they have to fight for their money back.

Language: IS (International Sign) Transcript: Pending :: H3 Network Media® – Strbske Pleso, Slovakia :: Viewers may send comments through e-mail: info@H3.tv or post on H3 in Facebook.

Language: IS (International Sign) Voice Over: Off Transcript: On Interview with Tiffany Granfors, ICSD Chief Executive Dawn Jani (DJ): With the recent cancellation of the Games and the deaf sport world is still in shock so I am here to seek answers to some questions. Tiffany Granfors (TG): Hello and thanks for inviting me for this interview. I will offer explanations. DJ: OK, I understand that you arrived here earlier and faced some obstacles. Will you elaborate, please? TG: Yes, I will. I am as shocked as you are. I will try to make it as short as I can,...

Languages: IS and RSL (International Sign and Russian Sign Language) Voice Over: Off Transcript: On The cancellation of the Slovakia Winter Deaflympics 2011 has sent shockwaves across the Deaf world. We know there are many different stories created by that event. We have one such story to share with you, from a person named Darren Frazier. Darren is one of H3′s filmmakers, editor and director. He had boarded a plane from Frankfurt, Germany to Vienna, Austria. Two members of the USA Deaf Hockey team happened to be on the same flight. He got into a conversation with the players, and...

Language: IS (International Sign) Voice Over: Off Transcript: On All throughout the day of February 13, 2011, today, we have met with, filmed and interviewed people, gathering information to show you, the world, why the Deaflympics have been cancelled. We have accosted several members of the ICSD board for more details, but very few have been forthcoming. They claimed confidentiality, and that we have to be content with their official announcements. Undaunted, we searched for the athletes and their representatives, unfortunately, none were to be seen in the center. Hearing or Deaf, there are very few people remaining, the center...

Autor: SITA, 27. januára 2011 16:48 LEVOCA, January 27, (WEBNOVINY) — The town of Levoca is going to sue the Slovak Deaflympics Committee (SDV) and the company Prva Popradska Developerska in connection with unfinished construction of the ice stadium in Levoca, where curling contests were to be held within the 17th Winter Deaflympics. Levoca’s mayor Miroslav Vilkovsky reported to the International Deaflympics Committee about the unclear situation with preparations of the Deaflympics in Slovakia already in September of last year. Thus far, the town has not received an answer. Vilkovsky remarked that it is interesting that the International Deaflympics Committee...

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