The dancesport competition at the 2022 World Games took place from 8 to 10 July 2022,[1] in Birmingham in United States, at Sloss Furnaces and the Legacy Arena. 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 when breaking, which is set to be an official event to be contested at the 2024 Summer Olympics, was a part of the World Games programme.
Dancesport at the 2022 World Games | |
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Venue | Legacy Arena (Standard, Latin, Rock 'n' Roll) Sloss Furnaces (Breaking) |
Dates | 8–10 July |
No. of events | 5 |
Qualification
editMedal table
edit* Host nation (United States)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States* | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
2 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Japan | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
4 | Lithuania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Moldova | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
8 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (9 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
Medalists
editEvent | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Standard |
Lithuania Ieva Sodeikienė Evaldas Sodeika |
Italy Debora Pacini Francesco Galuppo |
Lithuania Veronika Golodneva Vaidotas Lacitis |
Latin |
Moldova Anna Matus Gabriele Pasquale Goffredo |
Germany Khrystyna Moshenska Marius-Andrei Balan |
France Elena Salikhova Charles-Guillaume Schmitt |
Rock'n'Roll |
Germany Michelle Uhl Tobias Bludau |
Switzerland Noëmi Kuran-Pellegatta Nicolas Kuran-Pellegatta |
Austria Anna Sturm Matthias Feichtinger |
B-Boys |
Victor Montalvo (Victor) United States |
Jeffrey Louis (Jeffro) United States |
Shigeyuki Nakarai (Shigekix) Japan |
B-Girls |
Ami Yuasa (Ami) Japan |
Sunny Choi (Sunny) United States |
Ayumi Fukushima (Ayumi) Japan |
References
edit- ^ "The World Games 2022 Sports programme". Retrieved 2020-08-29.
- ^ "2021 WORLD GAMES POSTPONED TO 2022 TO AVOID TOKYO OLYMPIC CLASH". reuters.com. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2020-08-29.