Poland with 20 World Games medals

Polish team won 20 medals during World Games held in Wrocław, and 10 more in the invitational events. Polish athletes won 9 golds, 10 silvers, and 11 bronze, winning such events as kick boxing (twice), ju-jitsu (twice) and dancing. In the medal standings, Polish team was placed 13^th. Russia topped the table with 63 medals. This was Poland’s best showing in the event’s history. Four years ago in Cali, Columbia, Poles won 5 medals, including 2 gold ones. The games, dubbed by some as “the biggest sporting event you’ve never heard of,” are an international multi-sport event, meant for sports that are not contested in the Olympic Games, although are organized in cooperation with the International Olympic Committee.