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The 2009 World Games ( Chinese: 2009年世界運動會; pinyin: 2009 Nián shìjiè yùndònghuì) the eighth edition of the World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan (under the name Chinese Taipei) from 16 July 2009 to 26 July 2009. The games featured sports that are not contested in the Olympic Games .
National Stadium (Kaohsiung) The National Stadium (Chinese : 國家體育場; pinyin : Guójiā Tǐyùchǎng; also named 龍騰體育場), formerly known as the World Games Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Zuoying District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is currently the largest stadium in Taiwan in terms of capacity. Completed in 2009, it is used ...
The 2009 World Games were held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ... Men's free skating Carles Gasset ... Sri Hartati Indonesia: Women's middleweight ...
Also, for the 2009 World Games, Kaohsiung built a National Stadium – the first stadium in the world to use solar energy technology for its power. [27] Other editions used new facilities that were built for purposes other than the World Games; the main stadium of the 2022 edition, Protective Stadium, was built for UAB's American football team.
The country's progress was duly noted by the International Cricket Council, which awarded its Full Member status to Sri Lanka on 21 July 1981. Sri Lanka became the eighth nation to play Test cricket. The inaugural Test was played at Colombo's Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium in February 1982 against England, but Sri Lanka lost by 8 wickets ...
Dates. 17–18 July 2009. Competitors. 97 from 21 nations. ← 2005. 2013 →. Sumo was one of the sports at the 2009 World Games in Kaohsiung and was played between 17 and 18 July. [1] [2] 97 athletes, from 21 nations, participated in the tournament. The competition took place at Kaohsiung Senior High School Gymnasium .
The FITB was a demonstration sport in the 2009 World Games, which took place in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. At the world championship level, tchoukball has been dominated by Taiwanese teams since 1980. Their only losses since then were in 2004 when they were defeated by Switzerland in the men's final, and in 2023, when Italy defeated them in the women's ...
The 2001 World Games programme featured 27 official sports and 4 invitational sports. ( Aikido was deemed a demonstration sport; no medal events were held.) The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events that were contested in each sports discipline. Acrobatic gymnastics (5)