6th World Sports Games 2019 kicked off on Tuesday with a parade of 3000 athletes from 42 countries including Iran in Tortosa, Spain.

Iran PressEurope: Around 3000 athletes participated in this Edition of the WSG crossed the center of the city in a big parade starting around 8.30pm and ending in the stadium.

Different cultural entities of Terres de l’Ebre, music bands, and groups of popular and traditional folklore showed parts of the popular music tradition of the territory, Iran Press reported, citing the games official website.

The games officially began with an opening ceremony took place in the football field José Otero in Tortosa.

Deputy Minister of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare for Social and Cultural Affairs, Ebrahim Sadeghifar and The president of Amateur Federation of Worker’s Sport of Iran, Javad Ramzi accompany the Iranian athletes.

The World Sports Games Tortosa 2019 is underway until 6th and there will be a week plenty of sport in all the territory.

For the first time in all editions of the World Sports Games, the opening ceremony broadcasted live on streaming all over the world on the CSIT’s and UCEC’s website.

Competitions in pétanque, tennis, volleyball, free wrestling and wheel gymnastics began on Tuesday. The rest of the sports will begin on Wednesday 3rd in Tortosa and the other venues: Amposta, Deltebre, La Ràpita, Jesús, Roquetes, l’Ampolla, l’Aldea and Salou.

140 Iranian athlete worker convoy including 19 females participated in the 6th World Sports Games Tortosa 2019 in Spain. 11 teams of men and five teams of Iranian women have taken part in the games. Iranian women's judo team and men's swimming team are competing for the first time in the tournament.

Iran's women team in track and field, judo, table tennis, pétanque, and men also has track and field, judo, table tennis, pétanque, karate, beach volleyball, beach wrestling, Greco Roman wrestling, and swimming dispatched to the tournament. 101/213

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