Editing World Games (section)

==Features==

===Venues===

In order for hosting to be sustainable, organisers of The World Games are not required to build any new venues or facilities.<ref name="Growth"/>{{rp|9}}
For example, [[Sloss Furnaces]], a former pig iron-producing blast furnace now in public use, hosted the [[sport climbing]], [[breakdancing]], [[parkour]] and [[beach handball]] competitions in [[2022 World Games|Birmingham 2022]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Three further competition venues confirmed for World Games 2022|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1105666/world-games-three-competition-venues|publisher=Inside the Games|access-date=14 May 2021|archive-date=14 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514140807/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1105666/world-games-three-competition-venues|url-status=live}}</ref> Athletes stayed at the student accommodations of the [[University of Alabama at Birmingham]] (UAB), several of whose [[UAB Blazers|sports]] facilities were used for various events.<ref name="Birm"/>

Past venues have included the [[Lahti]] City Theatre ([[bodybuilding]]), [[Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord|Landschaftspark Nord]] (a former iron foundry in [[Duisburg]]), [[Wrocław Zoo]], and Wrocław's Philharmonic Hall, the [[National Forum of Music]].<ref name="Lahti"/><ref name="Duis"/><ref>{{cite web|title=GSI Event Study, The World Games 2017|url=https://www.theworldgames.org/files/Governing_Documents/Sportcal%20GSI%20Event%20Study%20-%20The%20World%20Games%202017%20FINAL.pdf|publisher=Sportcal Global Communications Ltd|access-date=14 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219183421/https://www.theworldgames.org/files/Governing_Documents/Sportcal%20GSI%20Event%20Study%20-%20The%20World%20Games%202017%20FINAL.pdf|archive-date=19 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

Even though it is not required, some venues are constructed or renovated for The World Games. For instance, for the [[2017 World Games]] in [[Wrocław]], a new swimming pool and [[Inline speed skating|speed skating]] rink were built, and [[Olympic Stadium (Wrocław)|Olympic Stadium]], built in 1928, was renovated and is still used for [[American football]] and [[Motorcycle speedway|speedway]].<ref name="Wroclaw"/> Also, for the [[2009 World Games]], [[Kaohsiung]] built a [[National Stadium (Kaohsiung)|National Stadium]] – the first stadium in the world to use solar energy technology for its power.<ref name=":4">{{cite web|title=Kaohsiung, TPE 2009|url=https://www.theworldgames.org/editions/Kaohsiung-TPE-2009-12/summary|publisher=International World Games Association|access-date=14 May 2021|archive-date=26 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526160430/https://www.theworldgames.org/editions/Kaohsiung-TPE-2009-12/summary|url-status=live}}</ref> Other editions used new facilities that were built for purposes other than the World Games; the main stadium of the 2022 edition, [[Protective Stadium]], was built for UAB's [[UAB Blazers football|American football team]].

===Athlete selection===

Athletes are selected to compete at The World Games by their sport's [[List of international sports federations|international federation]], as opposed to their sport's [[Sports governing body|national governing body]] or [[National Olympic Committee]], as in other multi-sport events.<ref>{{cite web|title=IWGA Commitment|url=https://www.theworldgames.org/contents/The-IWGA-15/IWGA-Commitment-1051|publisher=International World Games Association|access-date=14 May 2021}}</ref> The selections are intended to "achieve a satisfactory balance between competitors' positions on world ranking lists and the fair representation of as many as possible of its member nations".<ref name="Rules"/>{{rp|13}}

International federations are obliged to send their best athletes, with The World Games development agenda setting out that sports are only to be included if "the best athletes/teams in the world are present".<ref name="Growth"/>{{rp|10}}