The 2013 World Games (), the ninth
World Games
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, were an international
multi-sport event
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held in the city of
Cali
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,
Colombia
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, from July 25 to August 4. It is the first edition of the World Games to be held in South America.
Host city allocation history
The 2013 World Games were initially allocated to the German cities of
Duisburg
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and
Düsseldorf
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. However, at the end of 2008, Duisburg withdrew and Düsseldorf dropped out because both cities could not secure enough funding, partly as a result of the
2008 financial crisis
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and the subsequent
Great Recession
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Two alternate cities came forward to the
IWGA to bid for these Games:
Pretoria
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Pretoria strad ...
,
South Africa
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and Cali, Colombia. During The World Games 2009 in
Kaohsiung
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, Chinese Taipei, the IWGA announced that Cali has won the right to host The World Games in 2013.
Sports
Official sports
The 2013 World Games programme featured 32 official sports, and 4 invitational sports. The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events, which were contested in each sports discipline.
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Invitational sports
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Garden of Sport
The "Garden of Sport" events were held in the neighboring towns of
Buga and
Jamundí
Jamundí is a town and municipality in the Departments of Colombia, Department of Valle del Cauca Department, Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
Jamundí is located south of Cali (the capital of the department) in the west riverside of the Cauca River ...
. These demonstration events served to showcase these disciplines for potential inclusion in future games.
Two of the competitions were held at Coliseo Mayor in
Buga:
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Futsal
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(
AMF rules)
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Kudo, men's and women's.
The other three disciplines took place in
Jamundí
Jamundí is a town and municipality in the Departments of Colombia, Department of Valle del Cauca Department, Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
Jamundí is located south of Cali (the capital of the department) in the west riverside of the Cauca River ...
:
* Coliseo Alfaguara y Plaza Mayor -
Wallball and
Frontball
* Estadio El Cacique -
Hapkido
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Calendar
2013 World Games Event Schedule*Note: Due to concerns about temperature and air flow at the Del Pueblo Gymnasium, where the sport of Rhythmic Gymnastics was taking place, the Ribbons event was cancelled at the last moment.
Key:
Invitational sport
Participant countries
* 2013 World Games participant countries (with number of athletes):
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Medal mistake
This particular edition made the mistake of putting the words "word games" instead of "world games," on one thousand medals. This fact was reported by Colombian news organization Noticias Uno. Several athletes smiled and were surprised upon seeing the typo. According to the representative of the firm that engraved the medals, several authorities had seen and approved the medals' design without noticing the mistake, including Coldeportes director Andrés Botero, and the head of the Organizing Committee Rodrigo Otoya. The representative also stated that, according to a corporate policy, "... any mistake after the art has been approved (by the client) will not be responsibility of the Firm" Regarding the medals, Rodrigo Guerrero, Mayor of Cali, stated that "This mistake in no way undermines the value of the medals, and the spirit of the games. People are making a tempest in a tea cup out of this situation."
Medal results
Official sports
Key:
Medal tally of the 2013 World Games' Official Results website, which includes road speed skating. In one aerobic gymnastics event there was a four-way tie for first place; four gold medals and no silver or bronze medals were awarded. In another aerobic gymnastics event there was a tie for second-place; two silver medals and no bronze medal were awarded. In two trampoline/tumbing gymnastics events, there was tie for first-place; in each event, two gold medals and no silver medal were awarded.
Invitational sports
Key:
As of August 3, 2013, from the Games' official Invitational Sports Medal Tally.
Changes in medal tally
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Disqualified athlete(s)
In the
men's middleweight sumo event, István Kalmár of Hungary was stripped of his silver medal due to a positive doping test.
Broadcasters
Host broadcaster
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Señal Colombia
International Broadcasters
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TV Esporte Interativo and
ESPN Brasil
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VTV
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NHK
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NHK ope ...
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Fox Sports (Australia)
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ESPN
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Czech Television
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H ...
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CCTV
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STAR Sports Fox Sports Plus HD
References
External links
Official websiteWorld Games 2013 - Olympicsuniverse.comInternational World Games AssociationResults book
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World Games
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 d ...
World Games
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 d ...
International sports competitions hosted by Colombia
2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
Sport in Cali
Multi-sport events in Colombia
Articles containing video clips
July 2013 sports events in South America
August 2013 sports events in South America