Boules sports at the 2022 World Games explained

Event:Boules sports
Year:2022
Venue:University of Alabama Birmingham
Dates:12–13 July 2022
Previous:2017

The boules sports competition at the 2022 World Games took place in July 2022,[1] in Birmingham in United States, at the University of Alabama Birmingham.Originally scheduled to take place in July 2021, the Games were rescheduled for July 2022 as a result of the 2020 Summer Olympics postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] This was the first time that only women's events were held as part of the boules sports programme at The World Games. It was also the first time since raffa's introduction at the 2009 World Games that it was not contested.

Participating nations

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Events

Women

Lyonnaise precision shooting
Lyonnaise progressive shooting
Petanque precision shooting
Petanque doubles

Ouk Sreymom
Un Sreya

Nadège Baussian
Caroline Bourriaud

Nantawan Fueangsanit
Phantipha Wongchuvej

References

  1. Web site: The World Games 2022 Sports programme . 2020-09-01.
  2. News: 2021 WORLD GAMES POSTPONED TO 2022 TO AVOID TOKYO OLYMPIC CLASH. reuters.com. 2 April 2020 . 2020-09-01.
  3. Web site: The World Games qualifications for 2022, Birmingham (USA) IWGA. 2021-08-15. www.theworldgames.org.

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