Here are some of our favorite pictures from The World Games so far

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Drones fly above Protective Stadium during the opening ceremony of The World Games 2022 on Thursday, July 7, 2022

Kathy Lang, The World Games 2022

Women’s speed skating track at the Powell Avenue Steam Plant on July 8, 2022 (Kathy Lang/The World Games 2022)
Germany’s Khrystyna Moshenska at the Latin dance competition at the BJCC on July 8, 2022. Moshenska won silver with her partner Marius Andrei Balan (Frederick Hardy II 2022 / Dustin Massey Studios/ The World Games 2022)
Canadian bowler Darren Alexander competes in the men’s singles event at the BJCC on July 9, 2022. (Parker S. Freedman/Dustin Massey Studios/The World Games 2022)
Mexican archer Miguel Becerra at Avondale Park on July 8, 2022. Becerra went on to win gold in men’s compound archery. (The World Games 2022)
Egypt’s Ahlam Youssef reaches toward Anzhelika Terliuga in the karate women’s kumite – 55 kg final at Birmingham-Southern College on July 8, 2022. Terliuga finished with the gold metal and Youssef took silver. (Parker S. Freedman/Dustin Massey Studios/The World Games 2022)
Ukrainian sumo wrestler Svitlana Yaromka readies for a match on July 9, 2022 at Boutwell Auditorium. Yaromka won gold in women’s heavyweight and bronze in women’s open weight. (Parker S. Freedman/The World Games 2022)
American Sunny Choi finished with a silver medal at women’s breaking at Sloss Furnace July 10, 2022. (Butch Dill/The World Games 2022)
Israel takes on Japan in men’s lacrosse at PNC Field on Sunday, July 10, 2022 (The World Games 2022)

 

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