The World Games 2022: List of Indian participants, events, medal winners & live streaming info

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A total of 10 members will represent India at the World Games 2022, which is scheduled to be held from July 7 to July 17 in Birmingham, USA. The 11th edition of the World Games will feature 30 official sports in 54 disciplines that will be contested at 30 venues across the Birmingham area.

Indian contigent that includes 24-time world champion Pankaj Advani will take part in 6 sports. While Advani will compete in the Billiards, archery quartet of Aman Saini, Abhishek Verma, Avneet Kaur and Muskan Kirar will represent the country in compound event.

India will also have representatives in wushu, dancesport, three performers in multiple roller sports events in the upcoming edition of the World Games.

The World Games is organized for individuals or teams and the sport or discipline that was not held at the Olympic Games. India have participated at the World Games since it's inception in 1981 and have clinched 4 medals at the games so far - 1 gold, 1 silver and two bronze.

Here is a look at the Indian participants with their event dates and medal winners at World Games 2022, and the previous winners at the World Games:

India at the World Games 2022

Athlete	Sport/Discipline	Category
Aman Saini	Archery	Compound Men’s
Abhishek Verma	Archery	Compound Men’s
Avneet Kaur	Archery	Compound Women’s
Musan Kirar	Archery	Compound Women’s
Pankaj Advani	Billiards	Snooker 15-Reds Men
Chitra Magimaraj	Billiards	Pool 9-Ball Women
Aarathy Kasturiraj	Roller Sports – Speed Skating Road & Track	Elimination 15.000m Women
		Point Race 10.000m Women
		Point Elimination 10.000m Women
Dhanush Babu	Roller Sports – Speed Skating Road & Track	Sprint 1 Lap Men
		Sprint 100m Men
		Sprint 1.000m Men
		Sprint 500m Men
		Time trial 200m Men
Varsha Sriramakrishna Puranik	Roller Sports – Speed Skating Road & Track	Sprint 1 Lap Women
		Sprint 100m Women
		Sprint 1.000m Women
		Sprint 500m Women
		Time trial 200m Women
Sanma Brahma	Wushu	Taijiquan, Taijijian All-round Men

Indian Medallists at The World Games

Athlete	Sport/Discipline	Event	Medal	Year
Prakash Padukone	Badminton	Men’s Singles	Bronze	1981
Sumita Laha	Powerlifting	Women’s Heavyweight	Silver	1989
Rekha Mal	Powerlifting	Women’s Lightweight	Bronze	1989
Aditya Mehta	Snooker	Men’s Singles	Gold	2013
Abhishek Verma & Jyothi Surekha Vennam	Archery	Mixed Team - Compound	Bronze	2022

The World Games 2022 Telecast & Live Streaming Info

No channel will telecast the games in India. But sports fans can live stream the event via Olympic channel YouTube Channel.