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Collected by: Birmingham Public Library

Archived since: Nov, 2018

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Title: The World Games 2022 | Birmingham, USA

URL: https://twg2022.com/

Description: "The World Games is an 11-day international multi-sport event organized with the support of the International Olympic Committee. Held the year following the Summer Olympic Games, The World Games 2022 will showcase a New Generation of Global Sports in Birmingham from July 7-17, 2022. An anticipated 3,600 elite athletes from over 100 countries will compete for gold in 34 of the fastest growing sports in the world." "Founded in 1980, the International World Games Association (IWGA) is a non-governmental and non-profit international organization constituted under Swiss law. Made up of International Sports Federations Members, it administers a quadrennial and multi-disciplinary sports event, The World Games, which aspires to equal and exceed the importance of World Championships organized by each Member Federation individually." "The International World Games Association is recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The two organizations signed an updated Memorandum of Understanding in 2016, which underlines the closer cooperation between the IOC and the IWGA."

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Subject:   International World Games Association (IWGA) Sports tournaments -- Alabama -- Birmingham International Olympic Committee

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