The south-eastern United States city was this week selected to stage the Games – ahead of Lima, Peru and Ufa, Russia – by the International World Games Association (IWGA) Executive Board following presentations at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters in Lausanne. …
Interviewed face-to-face in a Lausanne hotel before the climactic final day of the contest, David Benck, one of the bid team’s co-chairs, said: “We are 100 per cent built today”.
… 4,500 athletes and 1,000 media representatives for the event which features a selection of around 25 sports …
Any surplus revenues from hosting are said to have been earmarked for local and Alabama state charities.
Birmingham “100 per cent built” for World Games, says bid leader
Click PLAY or watch a cool Games promo on Vimeo. 🙂
Gymnastics events include Synchronised Trampoline, Tumbling, Double-mini Trampoline, Acrobatic Gymnastics, Aerobic Gymnastics and Rhythmic Gymnastics individual event finals.
related – Emily Smith and Jon Schwaiger, two Canadian Trampoline sports competitors from the Cali Games, are in Mexico. Getting married. Congratulations. 🙂
(via FIG)
