Total inclusion '100 percent worth it' at the Riyadh 2023 World Combat Games Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, recently

The Riyadh 2023 World Combat Games managed to unite, on one hand, fighters from the 16 martial arts and

combat sports seeking champions with 60 special athletes with physical, intellectual, and visual impairments

competition always aimed for the event's legacy to endure.It was the first major sporting event in the world

"Just being here at the World Combat Games is amazing," said Rustin Hughes, a Ju-Jitsu athlete from the

Riyadh 2023 with a fifth-place finish in June at the Asia-Oceania SAMBO Championships, being crowned World

Combat Games champion felt like redemption for the Venezuelan.

Combat Games, mainly the local organizing committee, the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee, and

SportAccord President Ivo Ferriani has described Riyadh 2023 as the best edition of the World Combat

Games to ever be held as it reached its conclusion today.

moments in #Riyadh2023 comes to an end 🔚#WorldCombatGames pic.twitter.com/6ujMSn7zjH— Riyadh 2023 World

Combat Games (@WCGRiyadh2023) October 30, 2023The Closing Ceremony featured a light show that illuminated

the sky and included jugglers, light painters, and an "LED battle show" that featured the 16 World Combat

behind with respective scores of 9.04 and 8.80.Organisers have stated that the host city of the next World

Combat Games in 2025 are expected to be announced early next year.

Seung-jin and Song Kyeong-seon combined to take freestyle poomsae pairs taekwondo gold at the Riyadh 2023 World

Combat Games in Saudi Arabia.

𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐬🏅 Men’s Individual🏅 Women's Individual#WorldCombatGames pic.twitter.com/nK5n0lY7TC— Riyadh 2023 World

Combat Games (@WCGRiyadh2023) October 29, 2023South Korean Lee Nam-hun led the men's semi-final with

women's event courtesy of her leading 8.780-point performance.Tomorrow marks taekwondo's final day at the Games

Takahashi before Kenshiro Matsuzaki took the men's crown after getting the better of Keita Hoshiko.The Games

Germany's Nicole Holzmann sealed savate success as the sport experienced its first day at the Riyadh 2023 World

Combat Games.

Holzmann dominated South Korea's Kim Eun-jung in the women's canne de combat final with a 3-0 win.She

emulated Holzmann's triumph as he beat Michal Vrastil of the Czech Republic 3-0 in the men's canne de combat

medal winners 🥇Thomas Dardour defeated Michal Vrastil to be crowned champion of the Men's Canne de Combat

🔥#Riyadh2023 | #WorldCombatGames pic.twitter.com/ywtLmkd7nE— Riyadh 2023 World Combat Games (@WCGRiyadh2023

Kazakhstan dominated the first day of arm wrestling at the Riyadh 2023 World Combat Games as the country

’s Left Arm -90kg🏅 Men’s Left Arm -100kg#WorldCombatGames pic.twitter.com/dq7Chr8uXg— Riyadh 2023 World

Combat Games (@WCGRiyadh2023) October 27, 2023Further glory was in store just minutes later for Kazakhstan

The United Arab Emirates excelled on the second day of fencing's World Combat Games debut as they won

Women's Épée Team to win gold 🥇#Riyadh2023 | #WorldCombatGames pic.twitter.com/VdWUuQazWe— Riyadh 2023 World

Combat Games (@WCGRiyadh2023) October 26, 2023Jawad Al Dawood, Hussain Al Taweel, Faisal Abed, and Ahmed

Al Amiri, Nada Abed, and Shooq Al Jazzar 45-40 in a back-and-forth battle for gold.Overall, at the World

Combat Games Ukraine sit comfortably in first place in the standings with 16 gold, nine silver, and

Four different nations won gold medals in ju-jitsu at the Riyadh 2023 World Combat Games today.

Men's -94kg Fighting🏅 Men's +94kg Fighting#WorldCombatGames pic.twitter.com/m9RM2NQiL0— Riyadh 2023 World

Combat Games (@WCGRiyadh2023) October 25, 2023Lauryne Lage of France and Jenna Kaila Napolis of the

لنهائي الذهب 💪🤺#الألعاب_العالمية_القتالية | #الرياض2023 pic.twitter.com/FYsujIH0u5— Riyadh 2023 World

Combat Games (@WCGRiyadh2023) October 25, 2023The hosts had a successful outing in fencing events, another

Egypt won half of the Greco-Roman gold medals on offer today at the 2023 World Combat Games in Riyadh

World bronze medallist Abdellatif Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed cliched the 130 kilograms title thanks to technical

says it all: Gold 🗣🇪🇬🥇#WorldCombatGames | #Riyadh2023 pic.twitter.com/2CYS7onsi8— Riyadh 2023 World

Combat Games (@WCGRiyadh2023) October 24, 2023Saudi Arabia once again won bronze thanks to Sibaee Musaad

wrestling competition 🤼‍♂🥉#WorldCombatGames | #Riyadh2023 pic.twitter.com/nYdmXX3pbB— Riyadh 2023 World

Combat Games (@WCGRiyadh2023) October 24, 2023Sid Azara Bachir of Algeria also got a technical superiority

Uzbekistan won the team judo competition at the 2023 World Combat Games in Riyadh, defeating Brazil in

the Dutch was a straightforward affair, with Kazuya Maeda, Haruno Kumeda, Keita Iwao, and two-time world

100kg🏅 Men's Grappling 92kg#Riyadh2023 #WorldCombatGames pic.twitter.com/jfNBzlSyMi— Riyadh 2023 World

Combat Games (@WCGRiyadh2023) October 23, 2023The second bronze medal match saw Johann Lenz start with

84kg🏅 Women's Grappling 90kg#Riyadh2023 #WorldCombatGames pic.twitter.com/4yHi0dtgVT— Riyadh 2023 World

Combat Games (@WCGRiyadh2023) October 23, 2023Ivan Malin got the second title for Ukraine in the G1

Miwa of Japan and Svitlana Iaromka of Ukraine won the men's and women's open weight sumo titles at the World

Combat Games in Riyadh.

70kg🏅Men's 70kg🏅Men's 75kg🏅Men's 85kg#WorldCombatGames pic.twitter.com/ZaibDLfUSS— Riyadh 2023 World

Combat Games (@WCGRiyadh2023) October 22, 2023Wushu medals were also handed out on Sunday with China

60kg🏅Women's 52kg🏅Men's 56kg🏅Men's 65kg #WorldCombatGames pic.twitter.com/LbXYMBnZ63— Riyadh 2023 World

Combat Games (@WCGRiyadh2023) October 22, 2023Adding to the Chinese streak was Li Zhaoyang who registered

The boxing finals began on day two of the 2023 World Combat Games in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh

Saudi's Sultan Al Musaed 🥊#Riyadh2023 | #WorldCombatGames pic.twitter.com/J5hEp1YFXW— Riyadh 2023 World

Combat Games (@WCGRiyadh2023) October 21, 2023In the last bout of the night, victory in the over-92kg

Combat Games (@WCGRiyadh2023) October 21, 2023Castano Rojo’s compatriot Sofia Cardenas Balcazar had

🥉 Europe 2🥉 Pan America 1#Riyadh2023 | #WorldCombatGames pic.twitter.com/eUTxFBJB9s— Riyadh 2023 World

Combat Games (@WCGRiyadh2023) October 21, 2023Ivanna Berezovska made it five out of five golds for Ukraine

Sport Accord President Ivo Ferriani has issued a call for peace as the 2023 World Combat Games were formally

These Games are placed under the banner of non-discrimination, our athletes are true ambassadors who

 The Games in Riyadh are the third since their inception in 2010, but the first since 2013."

Combat Games (@WCGRiyadh2023) October 20, 2023On the first day of competition, medals are set to be

and in changquan when the event was contested at the 2022 World Games in Birmingham.Shahrbano Mansouriyan

amongst the leading names.A total of 1,700 competitors from over 80 countries are set to compete in 16 combat

The good news for rowing: of 16 proposals for new sports disciplines at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los

IOC has confirmed ©Getty ImagesBut the new Rule 37 changed that state of affairs:"Rule 37 – Olympic Games

to the IOC’s decision on the programme".This meant that the IOC had the final say over events at the Games

have stated on a number of occasions that they are opposed to any weight-restricted events (outside of combat

One of the means to achieve this was adding lightweight rowing to the programme of the Olympic Games.

Lightweights equalled 70 per cent of the world.

World Association of Kickboxing Organizations (WAKO) President Roy Baker said he believes the sport is

"destined" to appear at the Olympic Games after missing out on a place at Los Angeles 2028.

reason to be positive.WAKO was given full recognition by the IOC in 2021 and featured at the European Games

My team and I firmly believe that kickboxing is one of the most dynamic, exciting and modern combat sports

in the world, destined to rightfully take its place at the Summer Games in the future," he added."

In the meantime, our focus remains on the upcoming World Combat Games and the 2023 Kickboxing World Championships

executive Kathy Carter said they had put forward a "bold and balanced proposal that will energise the Games

general Joachim Thumfart has iterated the importance of Para athletes in the sport prior to this year's World

Combat Games.

The Games are set to take place in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh from October 20 to 30 and will feature

Para ju-jitsu is set to appear in a multi-sport event for the first time at this month's World Combat

Games ©USPJJThe World Combat Games in Saudi Arabia is set to be the third edition of the event, after

of the Paralympic Movement or the official events, so we are going to include Para ju-jitsu in the World

Combat Games 2025."