It's the final week of the World Games - Chengdu 2025! We're joined by John Moorhead, 2017 World Games athlete and current USA Fistball secretary, to get some insight as to how the athletes in Chengdu have enjoyed their time at the World Games.

Jill and Alison also recap their week 2 watching, with thoughts on:

• Boules
• Breakdancing
• Cheerleading
• Gymnastics
• Drone Racing
• Flag Football
• Inline Skating
• Motosurf
• Billiards
• Racquetball

Plus, we recap an amazingly short Closing Ceremony. It's been fun, Chengdu! We'll see the World Games again in 2029 in Karlsruhe, Germany!

In other news, LA 2028 will offer naming rights to its venues. This is a huge shift in visible sponsorship at the Olympics. Is it the right move?

The International Paralympic Committee recognized two new sports and will be holding board elections again in September.

Also, Salt Lake City 2034 offered insights on ticket prices. If you're interested in volunteering for the Games, organizers offer some advice.

We have a ton of news from TKFLASTAN, including Listener Tommy Phillips new book on Moscow 1980. You can order it here (affiliate link) (https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-1980-moscow-olympics-a-day-by-day-history-tommy-a-phillips/21750849?aid=17781&ean=9781476695181&listref=best-books-on-the-summer-olympics-paralympics).

If you haven't seen Noah Lyles get into it with TKFLASTANI Kenny Bednarek, find that here. (https://youtu.be/mkE7-OEPP_I?si=Lvq9wl8S4eL5MFvb)

For a transcript of this episode, please visit http://flamealivepod.com.

Thanks so much for listening, and until next time, keep the flame alive!

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The 12th edition of the World Games, Chengdu 2025 is underway! We discuss what sports and events we and other listeners have been bingeing on our feeds.

We start with the excellent Opening Ceremonies, which took a cue from Paris 2024.

Sports we discuss include:

• Canoe Polo
• DanceSport
• Dragon Boat racing
• Finswimming (we have a lot of thoughts about freediving)
• Floorball
• Gymnastics (including thoughts on the new format)
• Orienteering
• Parkour
• Squash
• Tug of War
• Wakeboard

Plus, our traditional Games question: What volunteer or officiating job would we want to do? And (surprise), we've got some beefs.

For a transcript of this episode, please visit http://flamealivepod.com.

Thanks so much for listening, and until next time, keep the flame alive!

Photo: Chengdu 2025

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Keep the Flame Alive: The Olympics and Paralympics Fan Podcast with hosts Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown. New episodes released every week and daily during the Olympics and Paralympics.

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