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World Roller Games 2017 - Event Guide

Published Thu 10 Aug 2017

WRG 2017: The Event You Don't Wanna Miss
The Roller Games FIRS World Championships is a multi-sport event organized by FIRS – Fédération Internationale Roller Sports - every two years and including all the disciplines under its Aegis.
The WRG
The very first edition of the WRG will be held in Nanjing - People’s Republic of China - starting from 27th August and ending on 10th September 2017. Barcelona – Spain - will host the 2019 edition.
Two of the ten sports included in the WRG program, will be part of the Olympic Games: Roller Speed Skating in the Buenos Aires 2018 YOG and Skateboarding in the Tokyo 2020 OG.

Event Guide&Brand Book
Event Guide
Brand Book
 
Key Numbers
During 15 days of competition, more than 4.000 athletes from 50 Countries will compete in 110 events: 10 FIRS sports will be involved and 7 venues will be dedicated to the WRG.
 
WHY Nanjing?
During the 2014 YOG, Roller Speed Skating and Skateboarding have been showcased in the SportsLab, and the popularity of the FIRS sports with the youth was so impressive that the Nanjing Bureau of Sport, together with the Mayor, decided to invest on a 5-year partnership with FIRS. Nanjing has been awarded the title of World Capital of Roller Sports and the Institutions are investing a lot on the success of the first edition of the World Roller Games 2017.
 
ABOUT FIRS Sports
All FIRS sports will be involved: Artistic, Inline Alpine, Inline Downhill, Inline Freestyle, Inline Hockey, Rink Hockey, Roller Derby, Roller Freestyle, Skateboarding, Roller Speed Skating
They have a unique positioning due to their unique characteristics: easy to learn, able to engage all type of fans, especially the younger ones, FIRS sports can represent a way of life strongly connected with music and fashion.
 
Useful Links
www.rollerevents.org
www.rollergames.tv
http://2017.njrollersports.org/2017/index_en.html
Schedules
 
Social:
#WRG2017 #RoadToNanjing #Nanjing2017
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Twitter @FIRS_news
Instagram firs_rollersports
 
Subscribeto WRG2017 Newsletter to be daily updated during the event
 
Contacts: Simona Mercuri, FIRS Communication Manager, +39 393 9075101; communication@rollersports.org
 
Video Highlights, Pictures & Results
For each discipline, at the end of the competition day, we will upload on the ftp: press release in both English and Spanish, 5 minutes highlights, pictures, results and skating orders. The data and information will be at disposal for National Federations and Media. Below the links for each discipline.
If you are using an FTP client just put the link in the Host box!

Artistic skating - ftp://firsftp.enetres.net/FIRS/Artistic/
Inline Alpine - ftp://firsftp.enetres.net/FIRS/Alpine/
Inline Downhill - ftp://firsftp.enetres.net/FIRS/Downhill/
Inline Freestyle - ftp://firsftp.enetres.net/FIRS/InlineFreestyle/
Inline Hockey - ftp://firsftp.enetres.net/FIRS/InlineHockey/
Rink Hockey - ftp://firsftp.enetres.net/FIRS/RinkHockey/
Roller Derby - ftp://firsftp.enetres.net/FIRS/RollerDerby/
Roller Freestyle - ftp://firsftp.enetres.net/FIRS/RollerFreestyle/
Skateboarding - ftp://firsftp.enetres.net/FIRS/Skateboarding/
Speed skating - ftp://firsftp.enetres.net/FIRS/Speed/

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