Timur Safin (R) of Russia competes with Maxime Pauty of France during the men's Individual Foil gold medal bout at the 7th International Military Sports Council (CISM) Military World Games in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 19, 2019. Timur Safin won the gold medal. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)
Enjoy the highlighting moments of the ongoing 2019 Military World Games.
BEIJING, Oct. 22, 2019 (Xinhua) -- China launched the 2019 Military WorldGames in its inland metropolis of Wuhan on Oct. 18 evening with a dazzling ceremony showcasing the nation's ancient civilization and an offer of friendship to the world.
Wuhan Games have the largest number of events and participants ever, with badminton, table tennis, tennis and men's gymnastics included for the first time.
Nearly 10,000 soldiers from 109 countries will compete in a record-high 329 events across 27 sports, including military-specialized aeronautical pentathlon, military pentathlon, naval pentathlon, parachuting and orienteering in the 10-day event, under the motto of this year's Games "Share friendship, build up peace."
First held in 1995 in Rome, the Military World Games is a multi-sport event for military personnel organized by the International Military Sports Council (CISM).
Sailing boats wait to attend a sailing contest at the 7th CISM Military World Games at East Lake in central China's Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 21, 2019. (Xinhua/Li Ga)
Soldiers salute during the awarding ceremony of the men's 100m rescue medley final of lifesaving at the 7th CISM Military World Games in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 21, 2019. (Xinhua/Wang Lili)
Gold medalist team China, silver medalist team Germany and bronze medalist team Brazil take a selfie after the awarding ceremony of women's 4x25m manikin relay of lifesaving at the 7th CISM Military World Games in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 21, 2019. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Khetik Tsabolov (L) of Russia competes with Nurkozha Kaipanov of Kazakhstan during the men's freestyle 74kg of wrestling at the 7th CISM Military World Games in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 21, 2019.(Xinhua/Li He)
Iuliia Tugolukova of Russia competes during the women's individual shotgun trap qualification of shooting at the 7th International Military Sports Council (CISM) Military World Games in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 21, 2019. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
Richard Huebers (L) of Germany celebrates after winning the men's individual sabre gold medal bout of fencing at the 7th CISM Military World Games in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 21, 2019. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)
Gold medalist Iana Egorian of Russia (2nd L), silver medalist Qian Jiarui of China (1st L) and bronze medalists Alina Komashchuk of Ukraine (1st R) and Malgorzata Kozaczuk of Poland take selfies during the awarding ceremony of women's individual sabre final at the 7th International Military Sports Council (CISM) Military World Games in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 20, 2019. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)
Igor Reizlin of Ukraine (R) competes with Alan Fardzinov of Russia during men's individual epee final at the 7th International Military Sports Council (CISM) Military World Games in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 20, 2019. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)
Ivaylo Ivanov (L) of Bulgaria competes with Andera Regis of Italy during the men's 81kg judo final at the 7th International Military Sports Council (CISM) Military World Games in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 20, 2019. (Xinhua/Li He)
Xu Chenhao of China prepares to serve the ball during a match with Ro Hyon Song of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) at Men's team group A preliminary round between team China and team DPRK at the 7th International Military Sports Council (CISM) Military World Games in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 19, 2019.(Xinhua/Hou Jun)
Lu Pinpin of China competes during the women's individual obstacle run of the military pentathlon at the 7th CISM Military World Games in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 20, 2019. Lu broke the world record of the women's individual obstacle run with 2:10.9. (Xinhua/Liu Jinhai)
Liang Hongyu of China attends the awarding ceremony of the women's individual time trial final of the cycling road at the 7th CISM Military World Games in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 19, 2019. Liang won the bronze medal of the event. (Xinhua/Xiong Qi)
Gao Zheng of China competes during the team competition of the Men's 25m Military Rapid Fire Pistol of the 7th CISM Military World Games in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 19, 2019. China won the competition.(Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
Athletes compete during the men's individual road race final of cycling road at the 7th International Military Sports Council (CISM) Military World Games in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 21, 2019. (Xinhua/Xiong Qi)
Daphne Mol of the Netherlands falls off the horse druing the jumping individual final competition 3 round 1 of equestrian at the 7th International Military Sports Council (CISM) Military World Games in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 21, 2019. (Xinhua/Li Jing)
Chen Jie of China competes during the women's 4X100m medley relay at the 7th International Military Sports Council (CISM) Military World Games in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 19, 2019. China secured the victory in women's 4X100m medley relay in 4:00.16 on Saturday. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)
Jin Yongde (C), Xie Zhenxiang (L) and Yao Zhaonan of China bite gold medals during the awarding ceremony of the 25M military rapid fire pistol men's team event at the 7th International Military Sports Council (CISM) Military World Games in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 19, 2019. China won tournament's first gold at 7th Military World Games from the event on Saturday. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
Wang Yan of China competes during the women's +78kg judo final at the 7th International Military Sports Council (CISM) Military World Games in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 20, 2019. (Xinhua/Li He)
Pan Yucheng of China competes during the men's individual obstacle run of the military pentathlon at the 7th International Military Sports Council (CISM) Military World Games in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 20, 2019. Pan broke the world record of the men's individual obstacle run with 2:09.05. (Xinhua)
Zhang Zheng celebrates after winning the men's individual obstacle swimming gold medal in a world record-tying 23.8 seconds at the 7th CISM Military World Games in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 21, 2019. (Xinhua/Fan Peishen)■
