IWGA Statement on Injured Orienteering Athlete – The World Games 2025

published on 8 August, 2025

IWGA Statement on Injured Orienteering Athlete – The World Games 2025

Mattia Debertolis (ITA)

The International Orienteering Federation (IOF), the Local Organising Committee (LOC), and the International World Games Association (IWGA) are carefully monitoring the incident involving athlete Mattia Debertolis (ITA). We are following closely the situation and will communicate further in due course. The athlete is currently receiving the best treatment from experts from one of the top medical institutions in China. No additional comments will be made at this stage.

The International World Games Association (IWGA) is a non-profit-making international sports organisation recognised and supported by the International Olympic Committee. The IWGA comprises 39 International Member Sports Federations. It administers and promotes The World Games (TWG), a multi-sport event held every four years that features popular, traditional, emerging and trend sports on its programme. The World Games 2025 took place in Chengdu (CHN) from 7-17 August 2025. 4,000 athletes from more than 110 countries took part in this 12th edition. The World Games 2029 will take place in Karlsruhe, Germany, from 19-29 July 2029, 40 years after it hosted TWG in 1989.

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