world championships
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World championships are competitions that determine the best in a sport or activity at the global level.
The term typically refers to events sanctioned by international governing bodies: the World Championships in Athletics, the World Chess Championship.
Unlike the Olympics, world championships focus on a single sport and usually occur annually or biennially.
The phrase sometimes appears ironically for events with limited international participation.
- OlympicsGlobal athletic contest
- Eurovision Song ContestPan-European televised music competition
- gold medalAward for winning
- medal countTotal awards won
- podium finishTop three result
athlete · national team · competition · time trials · grandmasters · title fight · Kasparov · grand slam · medalist · Tour de France · biennial · Wimbledon · host country · international · qualifying rounds · host city · Winter Games · opening ceremony
- archeryarrow, bow, bows, arrows, archer
- chesscheck, pawns, knights, rooks, pawn
- divingscuba, scuba diving, dive mask, dive helmet, diving bells
- track and fieldtrack and field, sprinters, sprinter, sprinting, sprint
- tournamentstournament, tournaments, bracket, brackets, tournament brackets
- weightliftingbarbell, dumbbell, deadlifts, clean, jerk
world championshipsregional championships
Mid-tier athletic tournaments
national championships · club championships · state championships
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Spontaneous informal athletic contest
friendly match · exhibition match · practice round · qualifying round · preliminary round
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Spontaneous informal athletic contest
backyard game · scrimmage · casual play · street game · playground game