World Skate Games
| Abbreviation | WRG |
|---|---|
| First event | 2017, by World Skate |
| Occur every | 2 years |
| Last event | 2019 (Barcelona, Spain) |
| Purpose | To conduct multi-sport events for roller sports |
| President | Sabatino Aracu |
| Website | World Skate.org |
The World Roller Games are an international biennial multi-sport event, comprising all the world roller sport disciplines as regulated by the World Skate international federation.[1] The games involve 11 World Championships in one multi-sport event.[2]
Disciplines
The eleven World Championships contested include the following disciplines:
- Skateboarding
- Speed
- Artistic
- Alpine
- Inline Downhill
- Inline Freestyle
- Inline Hockey
- Rink hockey
- Roller Derby
- Roller Freestyle
- Scooter
Editions
| Year | City |
|---|---|
| 2017 |  Nanjing
|
| 2019 |  Barcelona
|
| 2022 |  Buenos Aires
|
2017 World Roller Games
The 2017 World Roller Games was the first edition of the World Roller Games. It took place from August 27, 2017 to September 10, 2017 in Nanjing, China. It comprised the World Championships in 10 disciplines.[3] Sixty one countries were represented at the games[4], with Colombia topping the medals table with 25 gold medals, followed by Italy with 20 gold medals then France with 10.[5][6]This event included the World Championships of 10 Roller Sports during a 15-day skating festival: 10 sports, 61 national federations, 193 national teams, and over 3000 athletes.[7]
2019 World Roller Games
The 2019 World Roller Games was the second edition of the World Roller Games. It took place from June 29, 2019 to July 14, 2019 in Barcelona, Spain. It comprised the World Championships in 11 disciplines. Eighty one countries were represented at the games with a total of 4,120 athletes competing.[8] In total, the 11 days of the World Roller Games were held in front of 140,000 fans. Italy topped the medal table with 21 golds, 18 silver and 24 bronze. Colombia also won 21 golds but their 16 silver and six bronze left them second.[9]
2021 World Roller Games
Argentina has been chosen to host the 2021 World Roller Games. The World Skate Executive Board, that met on 30 April 2019, unanimously entrusted Argentina with the task of organizing the World Skate Games that will take place in Buenos Aires, Vicente López and San Juan between October and November 2021.[10]
References
- ^ "World Roller Games 2019". WRG2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ "Disciplines". World Roller Games 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ "World Roller Games 2017". fr.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ^ "A breath taking opening ceremony". World Skate. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ^ "Medal Table". fr.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ^ "Results - Medal Standings". World Skate. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ^ "About World Skate". World Skate. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ "WRG 2019 in figures". wrg2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ^ "Final day of World Roller Games". Inside the games. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ^ "Argentina will host the 2021 world skate games". world Skate.
