2013 Cali: See You Then!
Cali, Cauca Valley and Colombia affirm their commitment to organize the "best World Games to date" in a celebration staged to initiate the countdown to the event at 18 months out.
Juan Manuel Santos, the President of the Republic, declares the games to be "a challenge for Colombia". At the same time, he calls for the games' slogan "Fair Play to the Planet" to be applied immediately, after a flooding caused by the Cauca River affects thousands in and around Cali.
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President's Message
Non-Olympic sports are capable of captivating the public and attracting media attention too. Our experience backs me up: World Games attendance figures as well as levels of exposure confirm that the so called "other' sports", if well presented, can be a draw in their own right.
IWGA President Ron Froehlich
