Wushu at the 2022 World Games

Wushu
at the 2022 World Games
VenueBill Battle Coliseum, Birmingham-Southern College
DatesJuly 12–13, 2022
No. of events10
Competitors from 24 nations
← 2013
2025 →

The wushu (taolu) competition at the 2022 World Games took place in July 2022,[1][2] in Birmingham, Alabama, at the Bill Battle Coliseum. Originally scheduled to take place in July 2021, the Games were rescheduled for July 2022 as a result of the 2020 Summer Olympics postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

Wushu featured as an invitational sport alongside duathlon, flag football, men's lacrosse, and wheelchair rugby. Wushu was also an invitational sport at the World Games in 2009 and 2013. In May 2021, the International Wushu Federation was admitted into the International World Games Association and wushu will be considered as a potential official event in the 2025 World Games.[4]

  1. ^ "Wushu Included as an Invitational Sport in The World Games 2022 in Birmingham, USA". International Wushu Federation. 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  2. ^ "The World Games 2022 Sports programme". The World Games 2022 | Birmingham, USA. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  3. ^ Sriram, Arvind (2020-04-02). Davis, Toby (ed.). "World Games postponed to 2022 to avoid Tokyo Olympics clash". Reuters. Bengaluru. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  4. ^ Hernandez, Miguel (2021-05-25). "Wushu and Sambo Could Join World Games". Around the Rings. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-07-09.