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signing Wroclaw is ratified
Wroclaw to stage 2017 World Games
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he Polish city of Wroclaw was ratified as the host of The World Games 2017 yesterday during the annual general meeting of the International World Games Association at SportAccord
Convention. Wroclaw officially introduced itself to the 33 IWGA Member Federations yesterday morning after the Mayor of Wroclaw, Rafal Dutkiewicz, signed a host agreement with IWGA President Ron Froehlich in Québec City on Sunday evening. “We had to look at it from the point of view of whether they could run the show,” said Froehlich on the decision to select Wroclaw ahead of Budapest,
Hungary, in the final vote, which took place in January. “They have the 2012 UEFA European Championships (which will be co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine), they have the 2016 European Capital of Culture and then they have The World Games 2017. They wanted to have a big, multi-sport event, which had never been done in Poland.” Wroclaw will stage three games during Euro 2012, which will start on June 8, but Dutkiewicz believes The World Games 2017 has the potential to have an even greater impact on the city. “In terms of the European Championships, that will act as an important engine for us to prepare
the infrastructure for the future,” he said. “The World Games is a bigger event and it’s a world event. Therefore I do believe that the recognition of Wroclaw would be even higher.” The World Games is a multi-sport event that showcases more than 30 sports and features some 4,400 athletes representing over 90 countries. As the host, Wroclaw will also have the opportunity to select five invitational sports. “The decision about those invitational sports disciplines is still not taken, but most probably we will be talking about kickboxing, maybe lacrosse, and in the case of Poland, speedway is pretty important,” said Dutkiewicz.
fia set to join arisf
The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), the International Automobile Federation, is poised to join the Association of Recognised International Sport Federations (ARISF). At yesterday’s general assembly, ARISF President Dr. Jan Fransoo confirmed that the FIA will soon become part of the association’s roster. “Some paperwork still needs to be completed, but within the next few weeks they will be added to the association,” he said. The International Olympic Committee recognised the FIA, motor sport’s governing body and the federation for the world’s leading motoring organisations, last Continued on P2