The LOGO designed by Chengdu for its bid to host the 2025 World Games was officially announced today. The design pattern of the LOGO is displayed with the initial letter C of Chengdu and panda ears. The five colors representing the five continents complement each other, are both independent and merge into one, which means Chengdu. Taking the World Games as a bridge of friendship and setting up a stage for world exchanges, it also writes a welcome melody to welcome friends from all over the world to gather in Chengdu.
"Gather in Chengdu, Cheer the World on" (English: Gather in Chengdu, Cheer the World on) is Chengdu's bid slogan. expresses our desire to show the world a city with ancient cultural traditions and modern charm. The 2025 World Games will be an environmentally friendly, safe, sustainable and successful Games, further develop and popularize World Games projects, and jointly create a sustainable World Games legacy.
bid to host the World Games, the charm of Chengdu amazed IWGA officials!
The World Games is the highest-level international comprehensive sports meeting in non-Olympic sports. Mainland China has never hosted the World Games before. Chengdu is the first city in mainland China to bid for this event. 's bid to host the World Games is also an important measure for Chengdu to build a world-famous city for events.
On March 13, International World Games Association (IWGA) Vice Chairman Max Bissopo and CEO Joachim Gaussow flew to Chengdu to meet at the International Olympic Committee Vice Chairman of the Chinese Olympic Committee and International Olympic Committee Vice Chairman Yu Zaiqing, accompanied by Vice Chairman Yu Zaiqing, conducted a two-day inspection and evaluation of Chengdu’s bid to host the 2025 World Games. Within 48 hours, IWGA officials inspected 10 sites and held 3 meetings, fully affirming Chengdu’s bid.
During the two-day inspection, the IWGA inspection team was deeply impressed by the software and hardware facilities in Chengdu. Vice Chairman Bi Shaopu said: "This time we saw a lot of venues, including the residences of participating athletes. During the inspection, we found that Chengdu is a very international city, and Chengdu already has very first-class and top-level venues. "
(pictured is Max Bissopo)
CEO Gao Suo believes that Chengdu's competition concept is highly consistent with the IWGA. The World Games advocates economical hosting of games and encourages host cities to use existing venues to host games. Among the competition venues for the 2025 World Games in Chengdu, 15 are existing venues and 4 are already established before Chengdu decided to bid for the 2025 World Games. The new venues planned to be constructed include 1 backup venue. Chengdu is making preparations in accordance with the principles of reasonable layout, taking into account the facilities and economical hosting of games, which is very consistent with the IWGA's concept of hosting games.
In addition, Chengdu’s efforts in environmental protection work have also been praised by IWGA officials, “Chengdu has made very effective measures to consider environmental protection and sustainable development as a core element. This is in line with the purpose of the IWGA. It fits very well, because hosting competitions sustainably is our mission at the IWGA,” said Bissopo.
During the inspection, IWGA officials learned about the 16,900-kilometer Tianfu Greenway, the construction results of the 1,275-square-kilometer Longquan Mountain Urban Forest Park, and Chengdu’s huge urban ecosystem, and were amazed by them.
"The people of Chengdu are very hard-working and diligent, otherwise it would be impossible to achieve the current urban achievements and build the city so well. At the same time, we also found that the Chengdu government attaches great importance to creating this kind of leisure and relaxation environment for the people. " Bi Shaopu said sincerely, "Chengdu is a city with a lot of space, and the transportation is also very developed and convenient. It can be believed that Chengdu is one of the most livable cities in China and even the world." He even hopes to be named a city. As a traveler, I came to Chengdu again to experience the authentic Chengdu life.
This trip to Chengdu gave IWGA officials a great surprise. They agreed that through this inspection, it can be seen that Chengdu’s bid team is very well prepared and very meticulous in all arrangements. They believe that regardless of whether Chengdu Both the facilities and the Chengdu team are capable of hosting a successful World Games.This on-site visit to Chengdu also laid an important foundation for Chengdu's successful bid to host the World Games.
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What is the World Games? What are the events?
The World Games (World Games) is an international sports event. It was first held in California in 1981. It is held every four years. Each session is held in the year following the Olympic Games and lasts for 11 days. A total of ten games have been held so far, hosted by the International World Games Association (IWGA). The competition events are mostly non-Olympic events and are conducted in accordance with the procedures and standards of each international sports federation.
(1) Conference Concept
1. The core concept of the World Games is to be athlete-centered and provide a stage for athletes from all countries and regions to show themselves and perform to their heart's content.
2. The World Games advocates economical hosting of events and encourages host cities to use existing venues to host events.
3. World Games recognized values: fair play, compliance with anti-doping regulations and protection of the environment.
(2) Historical situation
The first World Games was held in Santa Clara, California, USA in 1981. The second one was held in London, England, in 1985, the third one was in Karlsruhe, Germany, in 1989, the fourth one was in The Hague, Netherlands, in 1993, the fifth one was in Lahti, Finland, in 1997, and the sixth one was in Akita, Japan, in 2001. The seventh session was held in Bottrop, Germany in 2005, and the eighth session was held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, China in 2009.
The 9th World Games were held in Cali, Colombia, in July 2013. A total of about 4,500 athletes, coaches, referees and officials from 101 countries and regions participated. President of the International Olympic Committee Rogge and President of the International World Games Association Ron Froehlich attended the opening ceremony.
The 10th World Games took place in Wroclaw, , in . A total of about 3,500 athletes, coaches, referees and officials from 112 countries and regions participated in this competition. International Olympic Committee President Bach and International World Games Association President Perulena attended the opening ceremony.
The 11th World Games will be held in 2021 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
(3) Competition items and traditional
1, competition items.
The events of the World Games are mainly non-Olympic events, and also include individual Olympic events, including: light boat (light boat water polo), karate, aikido, sumo wrestling, pole throwing, bodybuilding, bodybuilding, aerial sports, and paragliding , skydiving, gymnastics, jiu-jitsu, frisbee, billiards, Faust ball (boxing), netball, hockey , snooker, billiards, boules, bowling, rugby , squash , korfball, handball, racquetball, roller skating, water lifesaving, water skiing, tug of war, web swimming, surfing, rock climbing, orienteering, dance sports, Latin dance, rock dance, social dance, archery, field archery, etc. More than 40 projects.
2, competition tradition.
The World Games is an international comprehensive sports meeting with the highest level of non-Olympic events. It promotes and complements the Olympic Games hosted by the International Olympic Committee and works together to promote the development of sports and the spread of the Olympic spirit around the world. While hosting each World Games, the International World Games Association (IWGA) supports the host city in organizing various cultural and social activities, such as concerts, exhibitions, etc.
Let us look forward to it together!
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