Urgent: The World Games 2025 officially opens in Chengdu

CHENGDU, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councillor Shen Yiqin declared the 12th edition of The World Games open on Thursday night at the Tianfu International Convention Center.

This marks the first time the Games, a multi-sport event featuring sports not (or not yet) on the Olympic program - will be hosted on the Chinese mainland.

In another historic first, the Chengdu World Games featured a torch relay on July 26 at the iconic Sanxingdui Museum, the cultural heart of southwest China's Sichuan Province, with 120 torchbearers participating in the milestone moment. ■