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Sumo at the 2022 World Games

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Sumo
at the 2022 World Games
VenueBoutwell Auditorium
United States Birmingham, United States
Dates9–10 July
No. of events8
← 2017

The sumo competition at the 2022 World Games took place in July 2022,[1] in Birmingham in United States, at the Boutwell Auditorium; the lightweight, middleweight, and heavyweight events were held on July 9 and the openweight events were held on July 10.

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]

The Egyptian sumo team was banned from competing in the remaining sumo events after "poor sportsmanship".[3] The poor organization and sportsmanship displayed during this year's competition led to sumo being dropped from the program ahead of the 2025 World Games.[4][5][6]

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan4419
2 Ukraine3339
3 Egypt1001
4 Mongolia0101
5 Poland0033
6 Brazil0011
Totals (6 entries)88824

Medalists

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Men

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Lightweight
details
Abdelrahman El-Sefy
 Egypt
Demid Karachenko
 Ukraine
Sviatoslav Semykras
 Ukraine
Middleweight
details
Vazha Daiauri
 Ukraine
Shion Fujisawa
 Japan
Aron Rozum
 Poland
Heavyweight
details
Hidetora Hanada
 Japan
Daiki Nakamura
 Japan
Rui Júnior
 Brazil
Openweight
details
Daiki Nakamura
 Japan
Baasandorjiin Badral
 Mongolia
Oleksandr Veresiuk
 Ukraine

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Lightweight
details
Yuka Okutomi
 Japan
Miku Yamanaka
 Japan
Magdalena Macios
 Poland
Middleweight
details
Sakura Ishii
 Japan
Karyna Kolesnik
 Ukraine
Monika Skibra
 Poland
Heavyweight
details
Svitlana Yaromka
 Ukraine
Ivanna Berezovska
 Ukraine
Airi Hisano
 Japan
Openweight
details
Ivanna Berezovska
 Ukraine
Hiyori Kon
 Japan
Svitlana Yaromka
 Ukraine

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The World Games 2022 Sports programme". Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  2. ^ "2021 WORLD GAMES POSTPONED TO 2022 TO AVOID TOKYO OLYMPIC CLASH". reuters.com. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  3. ^ Berkeley, Geoff (10 July 2022). "Egyptian sumo team banned from World Games over "poor sportsmanship"". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Hanamichi: Sumo Dropped from World Games". tachiai.org. July 16, 2023.
  5. ^ Gunning, John (Oct 18, 2023). "Sumo's Olympic dream requires fresh approach". The Japan Times.
  6. ^ Gunning, John (Jul 13, 2022). "World Games chaos highlights amateur sumo's structural flaws". The Japan Times.
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