Sport stars from Glasgow are going for gold at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics in July.

John Ruddy will compete in the sprinting event and Jack McComish will be hoping to scoop top place in swimming at this years games in Turkey.

They join 63 sports men and women who will represent Great Britain as they compete against 111 countries.

Starting in 1924, Deaflympics was the first ever international sporting event for athletes with a disability and with the Paralympic Games launching 16 years later in 1960.

Those involved in the games say the Deaflympics still struggles for the funding and recognition the Paralympics and Olympics receive.

The Great Britain Paralympics team, who went to Rio last year, received almost £73m in government funding however many of the Deaflympics athletes have to raise the funds to attend themselves.

Many of the athletes don't meet the criteria for the Paralympics and problems with balance and not being able to hear their surroundings can also hinder performance.

Uk Sport is the organisation responsible for directing the development of sport within the United Kingdom.

A UK Sport spokesperson said: "UK Sport's primary role is to maximise success and inspirational impact of sports and athletes competing in the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

"Our funding is not unlimited, and we are not in a position to provide financial support to sports and athletes outside this remit.

"Having said that, deaf athletes who meet the performance standard for UK Sport's World Class Performance Programme, and are nominated by their National Governing Body for funding to enable them to compete at the Olympic or Paralympic Games could, of course, potentially be funded."