The World Games 2017, 20-23 July - A triumph for air sports!

Thursday, 20 July 2017 08:48

TWG2017 logo-world-games-2017 Sixty-six international air sports athletes competed in three different air sports at the World Games in Poland from 20 ot 23 July 2017.

Three disciplines of Air Sports saw gold medals awarded at The World Games in Wroclaw, Poland on Sunday evening.

Ferenc Toth (HUN) won Gold for Glider Aerobatics; Nick Batsch (USA) won Gold for Canopy Piloting; and Wojciech Bogdal (POL) won Gold in Paramotoring.

It followed three full days of Air Sports competition at The World Games, a large multi-sport event that takes place every four years. Held this year in Wroclaw, Poland, it featured 60 different sports and disciplines and 3,500 athletes. Air Sports was represented by Glider Aerobatics, Canopy Piloting and Paramotoring.

The FAI Media Team was there for the duration of the Air Sports events at The World Games and was posting to social media and the World Games website for air sports throughout the event.