Gymnastics takes centre stage at The World Games 2022
Gymnastics takes centre stage at The World Games 2022. At The World Games, which will take place from July 7 to July 17 in Birmingham, United States, the sport of gymnastics will play a prominent role.
There will be 21 medal events for gymnastics spread out over a week of competition, with competition taking place in five of the sport’s eight different disciplines.
The World Games is the largest and most diverse World level gymnastics tournament currently available, featuring rhythmic, trampoline, acrobatic, aerobic, and, for the first time this year, parkour.
More than two hundred and thirty gymnasts from thirty-six countries will compete in Alabama for the gold. Among them are eight Olympians in rhythmic gymnastics and a slew of recently minted World champions in acrobatics, aerobics, and trampoline.
Since its start in 1981 in Santa Clara, California, The World Games has featured a variety of Gymnastics events (USA). Parkour is the newcomer in 2022, and its qualifying will usher in a thrilling new era for the sport.
President
According to FIG President Morinari Watanabe, “to compete at The World Games is to reach one of the pinnacles of sport.” When it comes to gymnastics, events that haven’t made it to the Olympics yet, this competition shines a much-needed emphasis on them. All of the gymnasts and Parkour athletes who have made it to this historic competition have my heartfelt congratulations, and I wish them the best of luck.
There will be over 3,600 competitors from 104 countries competing in 34 different sports ranging from American football to wakeboarding for a total of 223 medals in Birmingham. Events in Rhythmic Gymnastics, Tumbling, Double Mini-trampoline, Acrobatic Gymnastics, Aerobic Gymnastics, and Parkour will begin on July 10 and run through the rest of the Games.
Legacy Arena, located within the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex, will host the finals for both men’s and women’s Tumbling and Double Mini-trampoline, as well as the apparatus finals for individual Rhythmic Gymnastics and Aerobic contests in Mixed Pair, Trio, Group, and Aerobic Dance. The Parkour Speed and Freestyle competitions for men and women are welcome at the historic Sloss Furnaces, a former ironworks turned landmark.
FIG
Individual rhythmic gymnasts, whose sport is currently the only crossover sport governed by the FIG with the Olympic Games, will compete for medals with each of the four individual apparatus, including the hoop, ball, clubs, and ribbon. This is because rhythmic gymnastics is the only sport that currently falls under both of these governing bodies.
Tokyo 2020 top-10 All-Around finishers Boryana Kaleyn (BUL), Milena Baldassarri (ITA), and Viktoriia Onopriienko (UKR), will compete against exciting newcomers, including new European champion Daria Atamanov (ISR) and rising star Sofia Raffaeli (ITA), in what promises to be an almighty battle for gold between many of the most illustrious names in the sport. Boryana Kaleyn (BUL), Milena Baldassarri
Because there are no reigning world champions on the start lists for trampoline, aerobic, or acrobatic gymnastics, all eyes will be on the newly crowned world champions in all three categories. There are plenty of freshly crowned world champions in all three categories. Daniel Bali and Fanni Mazacs (HUN) were the most successful athletes at the Aerobic World Championships held in Portugal a month ago. Both of these athletes won three gold medals, making them the most successful athletes overall. They will have the opportunity to win three gold medals again in the United States.
In the sport of acrobatic gymnastics, all five of the current world champion pairs or groups in the combined events will be competing against one another, reigniting some long-standing rivalries. Helena Heijens and Bram Roettger (BEL) are particularly formidable because they have never been defeated in competition throughout their little time together as a mixed couple. At the World Championships held in Baku (AZE) this spring, Belgium also demonstrated its dominance in the Women’s Group, while the Men’s Group competitors from Great Britain won two out of a possible three gold medals.
The names Miranda Tibbling and Elis Torhall, both Swedish stars who won FIG World Cup events in May at FISE Montpellier in the categories of women’s Speed and men’s Freestyle, respectively, stand out on the start lists for the Parkour competition in Birmingham.
How to follow
All of the Gymnastics and Parkour competitions will be broadcast live on the Olympic Channel, which can be found on Olympics.com, the central portal for sporting information operated by the International Olympic Committee. Once the Games have already begun, the Channel will also begin airing replays. A player that is embedded from the Olympic Channel will also be viewable on the page that the FIG has dedicated to the event. On this player, the events will be presented live, however, geoblocking will prevent them from being viewed in regions where television rights have been purchased.