World Games 2025

[heywoodu 16,016]

2 hours ago, John Foyne said:

So from past World Games experience, athletes are brought into the village on three shifts. I think the men's softball teams accommodations would've expired and I'm sure they have already had their flights home booked for months now and that would've been a logistical nightmare for the athletes and coaches. No big NGB to have someone do that for them at the Olympics. 

 

So despite having the two days of no games, it would've been impossible for the players to still be in Chengdu.

 

Too bad. Hopefully someone can take the title in 2029  

[Gianlu33 5,288]

Megan Kealy (trumblinh) and Indonesian Dragon Boat Team nominated as athlete of the day

 

[Fly_like_a_don 1,142]

16 hours ago, Griff88 said:

Was watching freediving but suddenly heard a classical Chinese music, I thought this was to keep spectators entertained... but it's actually from the dragon boat competition session break

 

Have to say that the sport is amazing, holding your breath while moving back and forth at the pool is unimaginable to me

It was the first time watching something like that and I felt it would be a sport I wouldn't try or if I did not more than 10 seconds under water.  I was watching it with wakeboarding semis from yesterday, beach handball and dragon boat and orienteering on the other tabs and devices.

 

Wakeboarding and beach handball was providing lots of action with freediving keeping me stunned at how the swimmers were just continuing. I didn't like the rule of red card and white card. Instead the end should be swimmers coming to the top and giving a signal / raising hands , irrespective of what happens to them immediately afterwards. If they require support it should be given.

 

 

 

[Fly_like_a_don 1,142]

Beach handball has had some very close matches this time. Also it feels anyone can beat anyone. Tunisia came close to beating Portugal, Vietnam and Argentina, China beat Croatia.. A lot of matches decided by shoot out.

 

 

 

I didn't know that Ukraine was so good at dragon boat racing wining 2 golds. 

[Fly_like_a_don 1,142]

Why no men's Lacrosse and flag football?

[Olympian1010 8,235]

1 hour ago, Fly_like_a_don said:

I didn't like the rule of red card and white card. Instead the end should be swimmers coming to the top and giving a signal / raising hands , irrespective of what happens to them immediately afterwards. If they require support it should be given.

 

I think it has to do with keeping the sport as safe as possible. There's an inherent risk to freediving, so they try to keep people within a safe(ish) threshold. 

[Olympian1010 8,235]

That women's synchro trampoline was incredible! What a high level from  and  

[Grassmarket 4,062]

1 hour ago, Fly_like_a_don said:

Beach handball has had some very close matches this time. Also it feels anyone can beat anyone. Tunisia came close to beating Portugal, Vietnam and Argentina, China beat Croatia.. A lot of matches decided by shoot out.

 

 

 

I didn't know that Ukraine was so good at dragon boat racing wining 2 golds. 

It is basically just canoeing, so once you strip out all the extraneous stuff like drumming, any nation that has lots of strong canoe paddlers will be good at dragon boat.  If anything it's even easier, because you don't have to worry about balance, which is crucial in canoeing. 

[Olympian1010 8,235]

Torocsik  reaches 300m in the women's dynamic with fins (freedving), which is now the provisional WR with one pairing to go. 

[Olympian1010 8,235]

Heading to overtime in the women's lacrosse bronze medal match!