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FIG Parkour World Championships return to Japan for exciting second edition
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LAUSANNE, November 13, 2024 - The 2nd FIG Parkour World Championships will once again take place in Japan from 15-17 November, this time heading south to the city of Kitakyushu after visiting Tokyo in 2022.
Over 100 athletes from more than 40 nations representing all five of the FIG’s continental unions will converge at Katsuyama Park in the heart of Kitakyushu, the city that is the gateway to Kyushu - the southernmost of Japan’s main islands. Over three days the athletes will compete for the world titles in Speed and Freestyle, plus new Junior World Championship titles in a new competition that will run in parallel.
FIG President Morinari Watanabe said, “My home city of Kitakyushu has already proved itself by organising combined Artistic and Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships under very difficult conditions during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021. I am delighted that we are returning to Kitakyushu with the Parkour World Championships being held as part of a festival of urban sports in the Katsuyama Park.”
Parkour co-founder and FIG Parkour Commission President Charles Perrière said, “I am happy to be back in Japan for the 2nd FIG Parkour World Championships and delighted that we will see young Parkour talent in action at the first FIG Junior World Championships at the same time.”
The Speed and Freestyle events offer fast-paced, action-packed performances. In Speed, the objective is simple: get from start to finish as fast as possible, overcoming obstacles in the way with style and finesse. In Freestyle, athletes run their “line” on the same course, taking between 25 and 45 seconds to impress the judges with their prowess and earning points for difficulty and execution.
The competition starts on Friday 15 November with qualifications in the Women’s Speed and Men’s Freestyle events, with semi-finals (Speed only) and finals taking place on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 November.
The ones to watch
Audrey Johnson (USA) first competed on the FIG World Cup series in 2023 and was one of four international athletes who participated in the inaugural Brick Parkour Tour in Asia in the same year. The former gymnast and competitive rock climber won the Women’s Freestyle final at the last FIG World Cup event in Coimbra (POR) this year, beating reigning world champion Ella Bucio (MEX) in the process. She also finished third in the Women’s Speed event in Coimbra and has been acclimatising on a national Parkour exhibition tour in Japan over the past couple of weeks.
Miranda Tibbling (SWE) is unbeaten in the Speed event at any stage of any international competition she has entered, from qualifications to semi-finals and finals. The reigning world champion and World Games champion continued her unbeaten record at the first FIG World Cup event in Montpellier (FRA) this year and is now back from injury to defend her world title.
After taking part in the first Brick Parkour Tour in Asia, Switzerland’s Caryl Cordt-Moller took a more focused approach to his training and it has paid off. After narrowly missing out on a podium place on several occasions, he took a silver medal on the FIG World Cup in Montpellier and went on to claim the series title thanks to a third-place finish in Coimbra. Fans will have a better look at this masked Parkour star from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony.
A consistent podium finisher in Freestyle on the FIG World Cup Series and a bronze medallist at The World Games 2022 in Birmingham (USA), Elis Torhall (SWE) will be looking to bag the one medal that has so far eluded him after he failed to land one of his tricks in his final line at the 2022 FIG Parkour World Championships in Tokyo (JPN).
Visit the dedicated website.
Follow the FIG on social media channels for the latest updates and use the hashtag #PKWorlds2024 to keep track of the event.
Live streaming of all qualifications and finals will be available on the Eurovision Sport website subject to geoblocking restrictions in territories where the rights have been sold.
Over 100 athletes from more than 40 nations representing all five of the FIG’s continental unions will converge at Katsuyama Park in the heart of Kitakyushu, the city that is the gateway to Kyushu - the southernmost of Japan’s main islands. Over three days the athletes will compete for the world titles in Speed and Freestyle, plus new Junior World Championship titles in a new competition that will run in parallel.
FIG President Morinari Watanabe said, “My home city of Kitakyushu has already proved itself by organising combined Artistic and Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships under very difficult conditions during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021. I am delighted that we are returning to Kitakyushu with the Parkour World Championships being held as part of a festival of urban sports in the Katsuyama Park.”
Parkour co-founder and FIG Parkour Commission President Charles Perrière said, “I am happy to be back in Japan for the 2nd FIG Parkour World Championships and delighted that we will see young Parkour talent in action at the first FIG Junior World Championships at the same time.”
The Speed and Freestyle events offer fast-paced, action-packed performances. In Speed, the objective is simple: get from start to finish as fast as possible, overcoming obstacles in the way with style and finesse. In Freestyle, athletes run their “line” on the same course, taking between 25 and 45 seconds to impress the judges with their prowess and earning points for difficulty and execution.
The competition starts on Friday 15 November with qualifications in the Women’s Speed and Men’s Freestyle events, with semi-finals (Speed only) and finals taking place on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 November.
The ones to watch
Audrey Johnson (USA) first competed on the FIG World Cup series in 2023 and was one of four international athletes who participated in the inaugural Brick Parkour Tour in Asia in the same year. The former gymnast and competitive rock climber won the Women’s Freestyle final at the last FIG World Cup event in Coimbra (POR) this year, beating reigning world champion Ella Bucio (MEX) in the process. She also finished third in the Women’s Speed event in Coimbra and has been acclimatising on a national Parkour exhibition tour in Japan over the past couple of weeks.
Miranda Tibbling (SWE) is unbeaten in the Speed event at any stage of any international competition she has entered, from qualifications to semi-finals and finals. The reigning world champion and World Games champion continued her unbeaten record at the first FIG World Cup event in Montpellier (FRA) this year and is now back from injury to defend her world title.
After taking part in the first Brick Parkour Tour in Asia, Switzerland’s Caryl Cordt-Moller took a more focused approach to his training and it has paid off. After narrowly missing out on a podium place on several occasions, he took a silver medal on the FIG World Cup in Montpellier and went on to claim the series title thanks to a third-place finish in Coimbra. Fans will have a better look at this masked Parkour star from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony.
A consistent podium finisher in Freestyle on the FIG World Cup Series and a bronze medallist at The World Games 2022 in Birmingham (USA), Elis Torhall (SWE) will be looking to bag the one medal that has so far eluded him after he failed to land one of his tricks in his final line at the 2022 FIG Parkour World Championships in Tokyo (JPN).
Visit the dedicated website.
Follow the FIG on social media channels for the latest updates and use the hashtag #PKWorlds2024 to keep track of the event.
Live streaming of all qualifications and finals will be available on the Eurovision Sport website subject to geoblocking restrictions in territories where the rights have been sold.
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