20th October, Petaling Jaya: A colorful ceremony graced by Dr Adam Kosa, President of the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf, marked the opening of the 24th Deaflympics Bowling Competitions 2021, held at Sunway Megalanes.

The ceremony was also attended by Mrs Adam Kosa, Hon. Mrs Petra Ponevacs-Pana, Ambassador of Hungary, En. Ong Shin Ruenn, President of Malaysian Deaf Sports Association (MSDeaf), En. Kamaruzaman Harun, Secretary General of MSDeaf, Mr Rainer Kuehn, Tournament Director and other distinguished guests, participating teams officials.

En. Dino Hassan, emcee for the ceremony, announced the arrival of the guests of honour and introduced the distinguished guests. He kicked off proceedings by welcoming all participating teams and officials before annoucning the march past of each of the sixteen countries.

En. Ong Shin Ruenn, President of MSDeaf in his welcoming speech conveyed his sincere gratitude to Dr Adam Kosa and ICSD for awarding the hosting of the 24th Deaflympics Bowling Competition to Malaysia, as a result of Brazil being unable to host the event.

Dr Adam Kosa, President of ICSD was then invited to deliver his speech during which he thank Malaysia and MSDeaf for hosting this bowling competition especially after the many hardships suffered throughtout the world from the pandemic.

He hoped that all players and officials will compete fairly and in the true spirit of sportmanships promoted by the International Olympic Council (IOC). He wished all players the best of luck and that they will take home sweet memories of their experience competing here in Malaysia before officially declaring the competition opened.

A total of 56 men and 41 women from 16 countries had their first day of official practice yesterday and will have their second day later today. The competition will kick off with the Singles for the men on October 22 followed by the women on October 23. The Doubles, Trios and Team of 5 will be contested over the next four days with a "Free Day" on October 28 in between. Competition will end with the Masters Elimination Finals on October 30.

Live scores will be featured at this website as well live video streaming including the semi-finals and final of all the events contested.