Access Keys:
Skip to content (Access Key - 0)
All CIMA spaces

CIMA

This space

2017 World Games

You are viewing an old version (v. 10) of this page.
The latest version is v. 17, last edited on 25 Nov, 2017 (view differences | )
<< View previous version | view page history | view next version >>


It was announced just before the May 2014 ASC Presidents meeting that Paramotors will be included in the 2017 World Games.

This was formally announced by IWGA at a press conference in Colorado Springs, USA on 26 Aug 2014.

Overview

IWGA International World Games Association exists for one event every 4 years, the World Games. It is the largest multi-sport event after the Olympics and any sport wanting to get into the Olympic programme usually goes via TWG. The budget is in the hundreds of millions, it involves around 3000 competitors, 30 sports, 1000 press people, live and recorded TV, etc.

2017 will be the 10th World Games, the last one was in 2013 in Cali, Colombia. [More info on the way WG works]

The bid to include Paramotors

Paramotors was one of several airsports put forward by FAI so it is exciting news for Paramotor pilots they are one of the two selected. With [ABG], CIMA has been gaining considerable experience of non-FAI organized multi-sport games so it seems certain it will be able to produce a good event.

The original FAI bid proposed the idea of electric paramotors. If this can't be done then it won't stop us doing what we always do, but if it can, then it could be a tremendously good thing, but it relies on finding some way of funding it. Since pilots in these games must be selected from the best of 'the best' not 'the richest' then the only sensible solution must be to find a sponsor who can fund c.20 power units for loan to competitors in the event.

It is not unreasonable to think this might be possible; we know we can do interesting and attractive things in paramotor competitions, eco stuff is very topical, and an electric competition would be a 'first' in any airsport. This all combines to have every potential to be something really interesting to the media and hence a decent sponsor.

Starting from summer 2014 we have three years to do it - a reasonable amount of time, but it is your job to get to work on this now.


Added by Richard Meredith-Hardy Last edited by Richard Meredith-Hardy on 29 Aug, 2014 10:24. Quick links: http://wiki.fai.org/x/mIFsAQ or 2017 World Games
Enter labels to add to this page:
Please wait 
Looking for a label? Just start typing.
Adaptavist Theme Builder Powered by Atlassian Confluence