BEIJING, Aug 7: Chinese State Councillor Shen Yiqin declared the 12th edition of The World Games open on Thursday night at the Tianfu International Convention Center.
This marks the first time the Games, a multi-sport event featuring sports not (or not yet) on the Olympic program – will be hosted on the Chinese mainland.
In another historic first, the Chengdu World Games featured a torch relay on July 26 at the iconic Sanxingdui Museum, the cultural heart of southwest China’s Sichuan Province, with 120 torchbearers participating in the milestone moment.