North Carolina bid awarded 2029 World University Games

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina has been awarded the 2029 summer World University Games two months after the state’s bid for the 2027 games finished second to South Korea. The executive committee of the International University Sports Federation selected North Carolina on Tuesday. The panel was meeting in Lake Placid, New York, where winter university games begin this week. The summer event attracts 7,000 athletes from more than 600 universities. The nearly two-week summer games event features 15 required sports, including swimming, track and field and basketball, as well as optional sports proposed by the local hosts.