Racquetball at the 2025 World Games – Mixed doubles

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Racquetball – Doubles
at the 2025 World Games
VenueChengdu High-Tech Zone Sports Center, Chengdu, China
Dates14–17 August
Competitors32 from 16 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada

The doubles event in racquetball at the 2025 World Games will take place from 14 to 17 August 2025 at the Chengdu High-Tech Zone Sports Center in Chengdu, China. [1] This the inaugural Mixed doubles event at the World Games, and the first doubles event in racquetball of any sort since the 1981 World Games.

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Competition format

A total of 32 athletes from 16 different countries competed in a single-elimination tournament in Chengdu.

Summary

Americans Jake Bredenbeck and Naomi Ros won gold by defeating Argentina's María José Vargas and Diego Garcia in the final. [2] The Americans' medal is the first gold medal for the USA since the 2009 World Games, when Jack Huczek won gold in Men's Singles, and the first of any kind since the 2013 World Games, when Rocky Carson and Rhonda Rajsich were both bronze medalists in Men's and Women's Singles, respectively. Vargas's and Garcia's silver medals were their 2nd medals of the Games, as Vargas won gold in singles and Garcia silver. Canadians Coby Iwaasa and Frédérique Lambert defeated Japan's Michimune Kono and Harumi Kajino to win the bronze medal, [3] and that's Canada's first medal at the World Games since the 2009 World Games, when Vincent Gagnon won bronze in Men's Singles.

Results

[4]

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Flag of the United States.svg  Bredenbeck / Ros  (USA)111111
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Huang H-y / Wang Y  (TPE)3 2 3 Flag of the United States.svg  Bredenbeck / Ros  (USA)111111
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Acuña / Larissa  (CRC)119 1111Flag of Costa Rica.svg  A Acuña / MJ Céspedes  (CRC)7 6 5
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  de León / Céspedes  (DOM)9 116 7 Flag of the United States.svg  Bredenbeck / Ros  (USA)9 118 1111
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Iwaasa / Lambert  (CAN)111112Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Iwaasa / Lambert  (CAN)115 119 9
Flag of Ireland.svg  O'Keeney / Hickey  (IRL)1 5 10 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  C Iwaasa / F Lambert  (CAN)119 1111
Flag of Italy.svg  Papini / Amaya  (ITA)0 1 1 Flag of Guatemala.svg  Galicia / Martínez  (GUA)9 114 8
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Galicia / Martínez  (GUA)111111Flag of the United States.svg  Bredenbeck / Ros  (USA)111111
Flag of Bolivia.svg  Moscoso / Barrios  (BOL)111111Flag of Argentina.svg  García / Vargas  (ARG)7 9 6
Flag of Germany.svg  Lunsmann / Grisar  (GER)8 7 6 Flag of Bolivia.svg  Moscoso / Barrios  (BOL)
Flag of Japan.svg  Kono / Kajino  (JPN)111111Flag of Japan.svg  Kono / Kajino  (JPN)w/o
Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee G-h / Lee S-m  (KOR)2 9 5 Flag of Japan.svg  Kono / Kajino  (JPN)4 7 7 Third place
Flag of Argentina.svg  García / Vargas  (ARG)111111Flag of Argentina.svg  García / Vargas  (ARG)111111
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ugalde / Villacreses  (ECU)7 5 10 Flag of Argentina.svg  García / Vargas  (ARG)111111Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Iwaasa / Lambert  (CAN)11117 11
Flag of India.svg  Kosetty / Dalvi  (IND)3 0 1 Flag of Mexico.svg  Portillo / Longoria  (MEX)9 8 4 Flag of Japan.svg  Kono / Kajino  (JPN)3 7 114
Flag of Mexico.svg  Portillo / Longoria  (MEX)111111

See also

References

  1. "The World Games 2025, Chengdu". www.theworldgames.org. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
  2. Perret, Pablo. "Más medallas en los Juegos Mundiales de los "Deportes Raros"". AhoraCalafate.com.ar. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  3. Opinko, David. "Lethbridge racquetballer wins bronze at The World Games, first Canadian since 2009". Lethbridge News Now. Retrieved 18 August 2025.