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EuroGames Vienna 2024
The EuroGames Vienna 2024 was a multi-sport event organized primarily by and for the LGBTQ community, LGBTIQ+ community, held from July 17 to 20, 2024, in Vienna, Austria. It had approximately 4,000 athletes in the event under the motto "Embrace Diversity." Bidding The Vienna organizers were awarded hosting licence for 2024 by the European Gay and Lesbian Sport Federation, European Gay & Lesbian Sport Federation (EGLSF) after Vienna-based sports clubs Aufschlag Wien and Kraulquappen Wien successfully bid to host the games. It competed against the British city of Birmingham. On December 28, 2021, the EGLSF announced that Vienna had won the most votes of its members in exceptional (online assembly) pandemic context after the cancellation of 2020 EuroGames in Düsseldorf and modified 2021 Copenhagen. Vienna hosting EuroGames 2024 had its kick-off presentation and promotion event as a part of Vienna Pride programs on June 9, 2023 at the Vienna City Hall, with councillor Thomas We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Multi-sport Event
A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of international significance was the Olympic Games, first held in modern times in 1896 in Athens, Greece, and inspired by the Ancient Olympic Games, one of a number of such events held in antiquity. Most modern multi-sport events have the same basic structure. Games are held over the course of several days in and around a "host city", which changes for each competition. Countries send national teams to each competition, consisting of individual athletes and teams that compete in a wide variety of sports. Athletes or teams are awarded gold, silver or bronze medals for first, second and third place respectively. Each game is generally held every four years, though some are annual competitions. History The Ancient Olympic Games, first held in 77 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
