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WSG Dubai 24 Live

Your live blog from The World School Games in Dubai

By Trans World Educational Experiences

January 25^th, 2024

Presenting your champions

27 Jan 24 | 19:48

Let's hear it for The World School Games champions 2024! It was an incredibly close contest with the U15 section in particular having the top five separated by the smallest of margins. However, we are delighted to officially crown...

JESS Jumeirah U11
Safa Community School U13
Safa Community School U15

This evening, the athletes, coaches and supporters of these squads are rightfully on top of the world. Savour the moment!

We have lots of coverage to follow across our website and social media channels, but for now we bid the live blog goodnight and... see you same time next year?

A feast of awards beckons

27 Jan 24 | 17:23

The football is complete and it's time for the gala dinner. The food looks fantastic... here's hoping there's some pizza left over for the media team!

Stay tuned as we break the news you've all been waiting for and announce The World School Games champions 2024.

Football is hotting up

27 Jan 24 | 12:43

The closing stages of today's football has arrived and the nailbiting knockout matches are thrilling the crowds.

Not long, until we will know our football champions.

Taking over Dubai

27 Jan 24 | 10:13

If you are in Dubai, keep your eyes peeled for our stars taking over the city's billboards!

Today Dubai. Tomorrow? The world...

The final countdown

27 Jan 24 | 08:40

It's here! The final day of The World School Games 2024.

Today teams will battle it out on the football pitch before heading to the awards ceremony and gala dinner, to find out who will be crowned champions.

Good luck everyone and stay tuned to our coverage as we bring you all the excitement from Dubai Sports City.

Wrapping up day two

26 Jan 24 | 20:10

We are back for one final dose of media before the day is complete. Check out our wrap video from the swimming pool, capturing a memorable day of swimming in a snapshot.

See you in the morning for the third and final instalment of #WSGDubai 2024. Sweet dreams!

Sweet taste of swim success

26 Jan 24 | 15:30

Swim is complete! The individual winners are enjoying their medals, whilst Atlas tries his best to photobomb.

The results are now available. You can view them on our mobile app (click here) or through our online media hub (click here).

Congratulations to all of today's winners. Stay tuned for our highlights video.

Passion from the stands

26 Jan 24 | 13:40

The atmosphere inside Hamdan is electric!

WSG is a not just a team game, it's a full squad game. We simply love to see the cheering and shouting from the stands, as athletes, parents and coaches roar on the swimmers.

Introducing your history makers

26 Jan 24 | 12:12

This year is the ninth edition of The World School Games and we have taken a trip down memory lane. As we mentioned yesterday, the 'WSG Records' board has pride of place at the venue, with all of our athletics and swimming reigning record holders on display.

Yesterday's athletics session had no less than seventeen record breakers. A few notable mentions were...

Noah Sprenger (Repton Al Barsha) - lost his U11 hurdles record, but took the new U13 hurdles record!
Francesca Vale (DIA Emirates Hills) - repeat record holder (she took 2 this year in U15 but still holds one in U13).
Tristan Gray (ACS Cobham) - broke his own U15 800m record from last year.

Visit the WSG Media Hub to view the full list of record breakers.

Impressive morning of swim

26 Jan 24 | 11:22

The morning session is drawing to a close and the this afternoon's finals are starting to take shape.

Tremendous efforts by one and all and we are hearing that a number of WSG Records have been broken.

Welcome to Hamdan

26 Jan 24 | 7:32

The iconic Hamdan Sports Complex is ready to welcome our young athletes. What an incredible arena to compete in.

And it's about to get a whole lot better, packed with swimmers and supporters.

See you in the pool...

WSG TV: The story so far

25 Jan 24 | 20:32

A memorable opening day and our video team have done their very best to wrap it up in two minutes. Here's our Day 1 edition of 'The story so far'.

That's the media team signing off for today. See you in the pool tomorrow!

Keeping up with the socials

25 Jan 24 | 18:52

It is great to see all of your posts on social media. Keep spreading the word about the young people's achievements from your school and don't forget to use #WSGDubai and tag @wsgevents.

The results are in

25 Jan 24 | 16:42

The scorekeeping team have finished for the today and we are excited to bring you today's scores in full. They are available on our mobile app (click here) or through our online media hub (click here).

History in the making

25 Jan 24 | 14:12

Now available to view at Dubai Sports City is our all time WSG records. Visit the board and see if you are in the running to become a #WSGDubai history maker. We can confirm that at least one new WSG record as been set this morning!

Staying on track

25 Jan 24 | 12:55

It has been an intense morning of action on the track as the schools work through the heats and the lineup for the finals begins to take shape. There is a packed card with all age groups competing in two sprints, hurdles, a middle distance race and relays.

Jumping for joy (and medals)

25 Jan 24 | 11:31

The field events are well underway and some impressive distances are have been recorded. Today the athletes will be competing in high jump, triple jump, javelin and shot put.

WELCOME TO WSG... EILISH MCCOLGAN

25 Jan 24 | 9:22

We kept it under wraps for as long as we could! The special guest and games opener for 2024 is Eilish McColgan. The athletes and supporters alike were overjoyed to see the Commonwealth Games 10,000m champion from Scotland come out of the tunnel and declare #WSGDubai officially open.

A passionate ambassador for school sport, she was fantastic with the students, posing for photos and answering their questions. Eilish also sat down with WSG TV for an exclusive interview, that you can watch later. Stay tuned...

THE GAMES ARE OPEN!

25 Jan 24 | 08:33

Opening ceremony complete and The World School Games 2024 is officially underway. An incredible atmosphere inside Dubai Sports City, as the captains entered the arena to thunderous applause. It's time for warm ups with the start of athletics day imminent.

IT'S NEARLY TIME

25 Jan 24 | 06:15

A stunning red sky greets our athletes as they settle down to breakfast ahead of the big opening day. In a couple of hours the opening ceremony will be underway and with that the 2024 edition of The World School Games.