Given a sporting chance
Diverse range of niche and regional disciplines find favor on a global stage
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Diversity shines at the 2025 World Games, as regional, niche sports have found new fans, fresh talent and a high-profile stage in Chengdu.
The world's largest international multisport gala to feature mainly non-Olympic events has shed new light on disciplines once on the periphery of the global sporting mainstream, bringing more exposure to trending urban exercises and some of the "newcomers" on the LA28 Olympic program.