21 sets of medals, both Individual and Team, are up for grabs today – 8 in Life Saving, 4 in Speed Skating and Bowling, the first 2 in Canoe Marathon, 2 in Parkour and the medals in Parachute Canopy Piloting. It’s the first day of competition for both Canoe Marathon and Beach Handball, and the last for Air Sports, Bowling, Life Saving and Speed Skating. Allover 14 sports are on the programme for Monday.
It’s finals day in Bowling at Jefferson Complex, with the bronze medal matches and finals in both Tenpin Doubles and Singles (men and women). The Parachute Canopy Piloting have to make it up for the competition session which had to be postponed due weather reasons on Sunday things will hopefully run smoothly in the early evening at Barber Motorsports Park. In Life Saving at the Cross Plex - Natatorium there are medal events for men and women in Manikin Tow, Manikin Carry, Manikin Relay and 4 x 50m Medley Relay. Speed Skating at Powell Steam Plant has medal races for men and women in Road Elimination and Road Sprint (1 lap) classes.
Parkour continues today at Sloss Furnaces with medal events in Freestyle Women and Speed Men. It’s the first day for Canoe Marathon at Double Oak Lake, in the Oak Mountain State Park; there are qualification races and finals today for men and women in K1 Short Distance.
Sloss Furnaces hosts men’s and women’s Beach Handball too, with 8 Preliminary matches in both classes today. At Harris Arena, men’s Inline Hockey reaches the Placement match and Semi-final stages.
It’s mid-tournament competition day in the Field Recurve (man and women) discipline in Archery at Avondale Park. Floorball reaches the Semi-final and Placement Match stage at Jefferson Complex, and in Lacrosse at the Compass Soccer Stadium it’s the day for Placement matches in the Outdoor Sixes Men class. Preliminary matches take place today around the city in Flag Football, Softball, Fistball, and Racquetball.
Air Sports 9am Barber Motorsports Park
Archery 9am Avondale Park
Beach Handball 9am Sloss Furnaces
Bowling 10am Jefferson Complex
Canoe Marathon 9am Double Oak Lake
Fistball 10am Jefferson Complex
Flag Football 3pm Legion Field
Floorball 9am BJCC East Exhibit Hall
Inline Hockey 9am Harris Arena
Lacrosse 10am Compass Soccer Stadium
Life Saving 2pm Cross Plex - Natatorium
Parkour 3pm Sloss Furnace
Racquetball 9am UAB Rec Center
Softball 10am Hoover Met Stadium
Speedskating Road 8am Powell Steam Plant
The World Games is a multi-sport event staged every four years by the International World Games Association, organised with the support of the International Olympic Committee. The 11th edition of The World Games will be held in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, 7-17 July 2022. 3,600 athletes from 34 sports and over 100 countries will take part in The World Games.