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2019 Military World Games
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The '''2019 [[Military World Games]]''', officially known as the '''7th CISM Military World Games''', will be hosted from October 18–27, 2019 in the capital of [[Hubei Province]], [[Wuhan]], [[China]].<ref></ref><ref></ref>
The 7th [[Military World Games]] will be the first international [[military]] multi-sport event to be held in China and also will be the largest [[military]] sports event ever to be held in China, with over 10, 000 athletes from over 140 countries are scheduled to compete in 27 sports.<ref> English.news.cn|website=www.xinhuanet.com|access-date=2019-09-21}}</ref> The multi-sport event include 25 official and 2 demonstrative sports. This will be the second international sport event to be held in the year 2019 in China after hosting the [[2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup]]. The Games will bd organized by the Military Sports Commission of China, [[Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China]] and the military commands ([[Chinese Army|Army]] in accordance with [[International Military Sports Council|CISM]] regulations and the rules of the [[List of international sport federations|International Sports Federations]].<ref name=":0"></ref>
Host nation China willing to send a delegation consisting of 553 participants for the games, which would mark the record number of participants to represent a nation at a single Military World Games.<ref> English.news.cn|website=www.xinhuanet.com|access-date=2019-09-21}}</ref>
== Bidding ==
Following the conclusion of the [[2015 Military World Games]], China won the bid to host the Games for the first time in 2015.<ref name=":1"></ref>
== Venues ==
The event will be held in 35 venues.<ref name=":1" />
== Opening ceremony ==
The opening ceremony is scheduled to be held on 18 October 2019. Prior to the opening ceremony, a light show is set to be staged in the [[Yangtze River]] in Wuhan. It would feature a screen made up of millions of small [[Light Emitting Diodes|LED]] lights installed on bridges and buildings along the bank of the Yangtze River.<ref> English.news.cn|website=www.xinhuanet.com|access-date=2019-09-21}}</ref>
== Mascot ==
The emblem and mascot along with the website were unveiled on 24 November 2017 by Ministry of National Defense of China.<ref name=":0" />
== Participating nations ==
It is reported that over 140 nations are set to take part in the event including athletes from Russia. In September 2019, the [[International Association of Athletics Federation]] approved athletes from Russia with the Authorized National Athlete (ANA) status to take part at the event.<ref></ref> However the All Russia Athletics Federation remained silent on the participation of Russian athletes.
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== Sports ==
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== References ==
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[[Category:2019 in multi-sport events|Military World Games]]
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[[Category:October 2019 sports events in Asia]]</div>
September 21, 2019 at 01:30PM
