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Pandemic-delayed World Games open in Birmingham a year late

FILE - Team Sweden pulls during the men's Tug of War competition at the World Games on July 14, 2005, in Duisburg, Germany. Delayed a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Games open Thursday, July 7, 2022, in Alabama featuring more than 3,600 athletes participating in non-Olympic events including sumo wrestling, gymnastics, pickleball, martial arts and tug of war. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File) FILE - Sumo wrestler Takayuki Ichihara from Japan, left, fights against Keisho Shimoda from Japan, right, at the heavy weight final of the Sumo tournament within the World Games on July 19, 2005, in Duisburg, Germany. Delayed a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Games open Thursday, July 7, 2022, in Alabama featuring more than 3,600 athletes participating in non-Olympic events including sumo wrestling, gymnastics, pickleball, martial arts and tug of war. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)