Global athletic competition - World Games will commence from 7th July 2022.

Multi Sports General

Global athletic competition - World Games will commence from 7th July 2022.

Originally scheduled for 2021 but postponed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the multi-sport event is all set to see 3,600 athletes compete across 34 sports. 

The 3,600 athletes will be participating in non-Olympic events including sumo wrestling, gymnastics, pickleball, martial arts and tug of war.

The World Games, opening ceremony will be held on 7th July, Thursday night at Protective Stadium in Birmingham. To cheer up the participants for the games, performances are organized by the World Games organizers. Nelly and the band Alabama will be performing in the opening ceremony.

The 11-day affair will commence on the 7th of July, which will last till 17thJuly.

 In the competition 223 gold medals are set to be contested with the event returning to the United States for the first time since the inaugural Games in Santa Clara back in 1981.