REUTERS: World Games Birmingham CEO Nick Sellers said they had little choice but to move the 2021 event to 2022 as a clash with the postponed ...
REUTERS: World Games Birmingham CEO Nick Sellers said they had little choice but to move the 2021 event to 2022 as a clash with the postponed Tokyo Olympics would have seen them lose out on broadcasters and official scorers for the quadrennial event.
But the event was postponed to July 7-17, 2022 after the International Olympic Committee confirmed the Tokyo Games would be held from July 23-Aug. 8, 2021. "Also with Swiss Timing, who is the official scorer, not only for the Olympics but also the World Games... We would have lost all of those had we kept our World Games on the same date or even tried to move it up a little bit in 2021."Another factor that led to the decision to postpone the Games was the overlap of three sports with the Olympics - karate, softball and sport climbing - which would have forced competitors to skip the World Games.
Two days after the World Games conclude in Birmingham, Alabama, the Commonwealth Games are set to begin in Birmingham, England and Sellers said he envisions a bond between the two cities in 2022.
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