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== Sports ==
[[File:Стадион "Центральный" (Гомель).JPG|thumb|[[Central Stadium (Gomel)|Central Stadium]]]]
Gomel is home to a wide range of sports facilities that have been developed and improved in recent years. These facilities, including eight stadiums and the Ice Palace, which has two ice arenas, support common activities such as hockey, track and field, and football. [[HK Gomel]] of the [[Belarusian Extraleague]] is the local pro hockey team.  The [[Central Stadium (Gomel)|Central Stadium]] is the home of Gomel's local football club, [[FC Gomel]]. Gomel hosts multiple international competitions in these facilities, the annual "Bells of Chernobyl" competition being one of the many.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.gomel-region.by/en/sport-en/|title=Gomel Oblast Tourism and sport {{!}} Gomel region {{!}} Gomel|website=www.gomel-region.by|access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref> In addition to sports facilities, Gomel has a multitude of [[Olympic Reserve School]]s, which are more commonly referred to as sports schools.

Many of Gomel's sports schools prepare athletes from a young age. Numerous champions have been trained by schools such as these. For example, one school, Gomel's Olympic Reserve Number 4, has trained 97 World and European champions as well as two Olympic athletes. Gomel State College of Olympic Reserve, on the other hand, trains coaches rather than athletes. From this school, 44 graduates have participated in the Olympics, European championships, and World championships.<ref name=":1" /> Gomel also participates in the [[Deaflympics]] and, between the years 2007–2009, has been awarded: two gold medals, one silver medal, and two bronze medals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gomel.belstu.by/gomel_en.html|title=УО "Гомельский государственный политехнический колледж" - официальный Web-сайт|website=gomel.belstu.by|access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref>