Why do players wear blindfolds during blind football at the Paralympics?

Blind football is undoubtedly one of the most intriguing sports at this year’s Paralympic games in Paris, with coordination and teamwork pushed to the absolute limit.

Unsurprisingly, it is a sport dominated by Brazil who have claimed gold at every single Paralympic games since the sport’s introduction at Athens in 2004, while former runners-up Argentina, France and China will all be hoping to end the Brazilian dominance this time round.

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B1 – Totally or almost totally blind; from no perception of light whatsoever up to light perception but inability to recognise the shape of a hand.
B2 – Partially sighted; able to recognise the shape of a hand up to a level of 2/60 or a field of vision of less than 5 degrees.
B3 – Partially sighted; visual level from 2/60 to 6/60 or field of view from 5 to 20 degrees

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