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Source: Moscow Government – Moscow Government –
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December 3rd is celebrated annually as the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Moscow is improving conditions for physical education and sports for residents with disabilities every year, according to the Moscow City Hall. Department of Sports (Moskomsport).
In Moscow, approximately 66,000 people with disabilities regularly engage in physical education and sports. Physical education, health, and sports services provided by institutions under the jurisdiction of the Moscow Sports Committee are provided free of charge (at the expense of the budget) to Muscovites with disabilities—both adults and children.
What classes are held?
In 2025, 17 institutions under the auspices of the Moscow Sports Committee are training over 2,000 athletes in 68 disciplines across five adaptive sports. 141 coaches and instructors are leading the training process in the disability sports departments.
Moscow's national adaptive sports teams include 1,877 athletes. The Russian Federation's national sports teams for the disabled include 629 Moscow athletes, representing almost 13 percent of the total.
For Moscow residents, including those with disabilities, physical education and fitness groups and sections are available in 22 sports and physical activities, including general physical fitness, swimming, gymnastics, chess, Nordic walking, team sports, bocce, and more. Muscovites with disabilities can receive physical education and fitness services in various sports disciplines, either through independent training or group classes with a sports instructor. More than 1,200 physical education and sports events of various levels are held annually for residents with disabilities.
The Moscow State University of Sport and Tourism trains and retrains specialists in the field of adaptive physical education and adaptive sports.
This year, the Moscow adaptive sports team won first place overall at the All-Russian Spartakiad among the constituent entities of the Russian Federation among individuals with disabilities in winter deaf sports. Furthermore, the team's athletes took second place overall in the final competition of the 4th All-Russian Winter Spartakiad for the Disabled. Muscovites with hearing impairments successfully competed as individual neutral athletes as part of the Russian sports delegation at the XXV Summer Deaflympics in Tokyo, Japan, in November 2025, winning 10 medals—nine gold and one silver. Shokhzod Gulomzoda (badminton) and Dmitry Dolzhenkov (tennis) excelled, becoming three-time Deaflympic champions.
For SVO participants
The Moscow Sports Committee (Moskomsport) is conducting events to encourage military personnel who became disabled during their participation in special military operations (SMO) to participate in sports. Currently, 57 SMO participants are undergoing sports training at institutions under the Moskomsport's jurisdiction and are participating as members of Moscow's national sports teams in official All-Russian physical education and sports competitions for the disabled. Fifty SMO veterans are part of Moscow's national teams, and three Moscow SMO veterans have been included in the Russian national team.
All information about opportunities for people with disabilities to engage in sports is available on the official websites of the institutions, as well as in the “Disabled Sports” section on page Moskomsport official portal of the Mayor and Government of Moscow.
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