What to watch in the World Games? These events are very ornamental

Tonight, the 12th World Games will open in Chengdu. Compared with the Olympics, what are the most interesting events at the World Games? What kind of unique charm will the Chengdu World Games show?

At the Chengdu World Games, the Chinese sports delegation will have 321 athletes, and they will participate in 28 major events and 152 minor events. This is the largest and largest event since my country participated in the World Games in 1981.

The Chengdu World Games has a total of 34 major events, 60 sub-items and 256 sub-items, mainly non-Olympic events. Free diving, disabled free diving, dragon boat, martial arts and other events have become official competition events for the first time.

In addition, this World Games also brings together many exciting projects, including traditional projects such as karate and archery, as well as trendy projects full of youthful vitality such as drone racing and parkour.

As a supplement to the Olympic Games, the World Games have promoted the success of "entering the Olympics" in multiple events. Trampoline, rock climbing, flag football, softball, club tennis, squash and other events at the Chengdu World Games are also official competition events for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Among them, rock climbing, as a permanent project of the World Games, has been among them since 2005.

Li Guowei, director of the Rock Climbing Department of the Mountaineering Management Center of the General Administration of Sports of China, pointed out that unlike in the past, the Chengdu World Games rock climbing event only has a speed competition, and teams are sent to participate by the top 8 countries and regions in the world of speed, with 4 men and women in each team. Although only the speed item is set, it includes three speed items, and a total of 6 gold medals will be generated.