World Games 2025

[Gianlu33 5,426]

 with a medal chance in powerlifting! 

[Gianlu33 5,426]

I have to say that I enjoy this 4-player format much more than the classic one-on-one sprint races

[heywoodu 16,182]

1 hour ago, Grassmarket said:

And this from the country that has just given us beach korfball!  

Oh I really don't know the value of that neither, don't get me wrong  

 

It is, at least, somewhat different (like a whole different surface), more so than regular speed climbing vs regular but double speed climbing, but until preparing myself for these Games I had no idea it even existed and I certainly wouldn't miss it if it weren't here  

[heywoodu 16,182]

Huh, I'll be damned. Looking at the powerlifting and apparently the chief referee is the brother of my former 'product owner' (for those aware of the scrum/agile way of working thingy, for the rest, basically just a colleague but with a fancy name)  

 

I knew he, much like my former product owner himself, was a good powerlifter, but I had no idea he was doing this now  

Edited August 15, 2025 by heywoodu

[heywoodu 16,182]

Oh wow, absolute heartbreak for  Angelica Barrios in the racquetball semi-final. She was two points away from beating the six-time world champion from Mexico, then slipped and injured her foot, screaming out in pain. Tried to play on after treatment, but after like one and a half more points (obviously losing them), she just could not move around anymore and just broke down in tears  

 

Unsurprisingly  then also withdrew from the mixed doubles quarterfinals, where she would play with men's finalist Conrrado Moscoso.

Edited August 15, 2025 by heywoodu

[heywoodu 16,182]

Wow, this Lyonnaise progressive is different than I thought

 

I was expecting like two 65-year olds casually rolling a ball to a precise spot, but this is rather active and also super easy to watch  

 

Not entirely sure about from how far they have to throw though, since they very clearly throw the ball after being over the line.

[Olympian1010 8,276]

On 8/14/2025 at 12:09 AM, Josh said:

Must be American  (before anyone comes at me I’m just kidding, Americans usually tend to be bad at geographic) 

Geography*

 

I guess we make up for it in grammar 

[Olympian1010 8,276]

On 8/14/2025 at 1:09 AM, Grassmarket said:

Bah!  Flying disk on a weather break!  Seems a bit soft to me.  

Wet disc = no fun. Trust me on this one.

 

That said, rain games are cool 

[Olympian1010 8,276]

On 8/14/2025 at 1:32 AM, De_Gambassi said:

Internationnaly, there is only one federation running both 'sports', but in France, at least, there are two different differations.

I believe they also oversee the "raffa" discipline, which I would assume comes from

[Olympian1010 8,276]

16 hours ago, Gianlu33 said:

Lyonnaise is truly the ugliest and most stupid boules speciality, just a hit and run.

Not gonna lie, I actually enjoyed watching the finals. I need to watch the pétanque finals, but I'd probably pick Lyonnaise as my personal favorite of the boules disciplines. 

 

Precision shooting is kind of interesting too. I caught a little bit of it during the 2023 SEA Games.