The World Games are an international multi-sport event comprising sports and sporting disciplines that are not contested in the Olympic Games. They are usually held every four years, one year after a Summer Olympic Games, over the course of 11 days. The World Games are governed by the International World Games Association, under the patronage of the International Olympic Committee.
The 2005 World Games, the seventh World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in Duisburg, Germany from 14 July 2005 until 24 July 2005. Three other cities, namely Bottrop, Mülheim an der Ruhr, and Oberhausen, also held some of the competition events. More than 3,000 athletes competed in 31 official sports and 6 invitational sports.
(not to be confused with Tomas Mrazek, the boxer with an impressive 10-75 record).
The 2013 World Games, the ninth World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in the city of Cali, Colombia, from July 25 to August 4.
Rugby sevens was introduced as a World Games sport for men at the 2001 World Games in Akita. No women's rugby has been played at the World Games.
Speed climbing is a climbing discipline in which speed is the ultimate goal. Speed climbing is done on rocks, walls and poles and is only recommended for highly skilled and experienced climbers.
Cue sports, including three-cushion billiards, nine-ball and snooker, were introduced as World Games sports for men and for women also at the World Games 2001 in Akita.
The IFSC Climbing World Championships are the biennial world championship event for competition climbing that is organized by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC). This event determines the male and female world champions in the three disciplines of sport climbing: lead climbing, bouldering, and speed climbing. Since 2012, a Combined ranking is also determined, for climbers competing in all disciplines, and additional medals are awarded based on that ranking. The first event was organized in Frankfurt in 1991.
Canoe polo was part of the World Games from the edition of Duisburg 2005.
Inline hockey was introduced as a World Games sport for men at the World Games 2005 in Duisburg where it replaced roller hockey.
USA Climbing is the national governing body of the sport of competition climbing in the United States. It promotes competition climbing in the United States in the disciplines of bouldering, lead climbing, and speed climbing, in elite, youth and collegiate formats. USA Climbing is recognized by the International Federation for Sport Climbing (IFSC), the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC)
The IFSC Climbing European Championships are the biennial European championship for competition climbing organized by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC). The first competition was held in Frankfurt in 1992.
Sport climbing made its Olympic debut at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Two events were held, one each for men and women. The format controversially consisted of one combined event with three disciplines: lead climbing, speed climbing and bouldering. The medals were determined based on best performance across all three disciplines. This format was previously tested at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. The Olympic code for sports climbing is CLB.
Sport climbing made its Olympic debut at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The Olympics was originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but was postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic. It is governed by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC).
The 2019 IFSC Climbing World Championships, the 16th edition, were held in Hachioji, Japan from 11 to 21 August 2019. The championships consisted of lead, speed, bouldering, and combined events. The paraclimbing event was held separately from 16 to 17 July in Briançon, France. The combined event also served as an Olympic qualifying event for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Aleksandra Mirosław is a Polish speed climber and a two-time women's speed climbing world champion as well as the current women's speed climbing world record holder.
The sport climbing competition at the World Games 2013 took place from August 3 to August 4, in Cali in Colombia, at the Velodrome Exterior. 68 sportsmen from 21 nations participated in the event.
The men's speed competition in sport climbing at the 2005 World Games took place on 22 July 2005 at the Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord in Duisburg, Germany.
The women's speed competition in sport climbing at the 2005 World Games took place on 22 July 2005 at the Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord in Duisburg, Germany.
The 2021 IFSC Climbing World Championships was the 17th edition of the event. It was held in Moscow, Russia from 16 to 21 September 2021, alongside the 2021 IFSC Paraclimbing World Championships.
Patxi Usobiaga (ESP)
Alexandre Chabot (FRA)
Tomáš Mrázek (CZE)
Sachi Amma (JPN)
Jakob Schubert (AUT)
Magnus Midtbø (NOR)
Sean McColl (CAN)
Sascha Lehmann (SUI)
Aleksandr Pechekhonov (RUS)
Qixin Zhong (CHN)
Maksym Styenkoviy (UKR)
Reza Alipour (IRI)
Veddriq Leonardo (INA)
Jan Hojer (GER)
Nicolas Collin (BEL)
Natalija Gros (SLO)
Jain Kim (KOR)
Emma Hunt (USA)
Natalia Kałucka (POL)
Staša Gejo (SRB)