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The 2009 World Games (2009年世界運動會) the eighth edition of the World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan (under the name Chinese Taipei) from 16 July 2009 to 26 July 2009. The games featured sports that are not contested in the Olympic Games.
The wushu competition at the 2009 World Games was held from July 16 to July 26 at the Kaohsiung County Stadium in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. [1] [2] This was the first time wushu was featured as an invitational sport at the games, with later appearances being in 2013 and 2022.
Sumo was one of the sports at the 2009 World Games in Kaohsiung and was played between 17 and 18 July. [1] [2] 97 athletes, from 21 nations, participated in the tournament. The competition took place at Kaohsiung Senior High School Gymnasium.
Event [2] Gold Silver Bronze Men's 70 kg Kim Byung-soo South Korea: Vyacheslav Makogon Ukraine: Masahiro Sue Japan: Men's 75 kg Boo Chang-soon South Korea: Igor Kočiš Slovakia: Huang Chien-chih Chinese Taipei: Men's 80 kg None awarded: Hsu Chung-huang Chinese Taipei: Masashi Suzuki Japan: Men's 85 kg Lee Jin-ho South Korea: None awarded ...
Also, for the 2009 World Games, Kaohsiung built a National Stadium – the first stadium in the world to use solar energy technology for its power. [27] 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 American football team.
The National Stadium (Chinese: 國家體育場; pinyin: Guójiā Tǐyùchǎng; also named 龍騰體育場), formerly known as the World Games Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Zuoying District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is currently the largest stadium in Taiwan in terms of capacity.
2009 Kaohsiung [2] Ukraine (UKR) Mykola Shcherbak Serhiy Popov Russia (RUS) Alexei Dudchenko Konstantin Pilipchuk Great Britain (GBR) Douglas Fordyce Edward Upcott: 2013 Cali Russia (RUS) Konstantin Pilipchuk Alexei Dudchenko Great Britain (GBR) Alex Houston Timothy Ritchard Belarus (BLR) Ruslan Fedchenko Yauheni Kalachou: 2017 Wroclaw Germany ...
2018 KKBox Music Awards at the Kaohsiung Arena. The Kaohsiung Arena (Chinese: 高雄巨蛋; pinyin: Gāoxióng Jùdàn) is an indoor sporting arena located in Zuoying District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is used to host indoor sporting events. It was used as a host to some of the indoor sporting events during the 2009 World Games. [1]