2022 Summer Invictus Games

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VerloisLogo.png
Host cityVerlois, Gaullica
MottoWelcome back!
(Gaullican: Bon retour!)
Nations73 (including EIR and AIC teams)
Events301 in 28 sports (36 disciplines)
Opening11 July 2022
Closing1 August 2022
Opened by
Monique Degar-Abdulrashid
Cauldron
Étienne Barre
StadiumStade de Gloire
Summer
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The 2022 Summer Invictus Games, officially called the XXIX Summer Invictus Games (Gaullican: Les XXIXe Jeux invictus d'été) and also known as Verlois 2022, was the 29th edition of the Summer Invictus Games, an international sports competition. They were held in Verlois, Gaullica, between July 11 and August 1, 2022.

Verlois was chosen as the host city for the games during the 2022-2030 Invictus Committee deliberations. It faced competition from fellow Euclean cities Rimso in Scovern, Morwall in Estmere, and Alikianos in Piraea. The Games were a centenary celebration for Verlois, which also hosted them in 1922. They were the third Summer Invictus Games hosted in Gaullica, the second Games hosted in Verlois, and the fourth Games hosted by Gaullica in total.

The games concluded with hosts Gaullica winning the games with 100 total medals and 196 total points, Soravia in second with 144 points and Shangea in third with 117 points.

Bidding

The candidate cities for the Games were Verlois, Gaullica; Rimso, Scovern; Morwall, Estmere; and Alikianos, Piraea.

2022 Summer Invictus Games host city election
City NIC Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Verlois  Gaullica 21 34 56
Morwall Template:Country data Estmere 22 29 24
Rimso  Scovern 18 13 —
Alikianos  Piraea 15 — —

Development and preparation

Venues

Stade de Gloire
Patinoire Pôlenord
Arène Quartier de Confluence
Colisée de l'Eau
Place des Taureaux
Legend
E Existing
N New
T Temporary
Venues of the 2022 Summer Invictus Games
Venue City Events Capacity
E Arène Comet Verlois Volleyball (indoor) 13,000
E Arène de la Citadelle Verlois Fencing and Boxing 10,000
E Arène de l'Île Verlois Weightlifting and Wrestling 9,000
E Arène Quartier de Confluence Verlois Swimming (except marathon) 15,000
T Avenue Jacques Prévost Verlois Road cycling 5,000
E Bassin Invictus Verlois Diving and Modern pentathlon (swimming) 6,500
T Champ de Tir Sagittaire Verlois Archery and Shooting 3,200
E Cirque de Pied Cassé Verlois Modern pentathlon (except swimming) 10,000
E Cirque de Sainte-Chloé Verlois Athletics 68,000
T Palais Gaullice Verlois Cavaliering , Equestrian and Zadany 9,300
E Parc de la Terre d'Or Verlois Invictus-logo.svg Opening and closing ceremonies 70,000
E Parc Invictus de Sersaillous Verlois Football (preliminaries and semifinals) and Martial arts 15,000
E Patinoire Pôlenord Verlois Basketball (finals) 22,000
N Pistes National Verlois Pétanque 5,000
E Place des Héros Verlois Basketball (preliminaries and quarterfinals) 42,000
E Place des Taureaux Verlois Rugby sevens (finals) 19,500
T Plage des Pêcheurs Verlois Beach volleyball 8,000
T Pont Sotirien Roche Verlois Athletics (marathon), Triathlon and Swimming (marathon) 5,000[a]
E Stade de Gloire Verlois Football (finals) 80,000
E Stade de Montecardé Verlois Basketball (preliminaries and quarterfinals) 49,000
N Stade de Toutain-Lajoie Verlois Artistic gymnastics 10,000
E Stade Jean Cavinet Verlois Tennis 20,000
E Stade Michaël Badeaux Verlois Table tennis 10,000
N Techtronique – Arène de Sport-Cyber Verlois Esports 9,000
N Arène Paweł Aimargues Rugby sevens (quarterfinals and semifinals) 52,000
E Stade Jules Boivin Aimargues Rugby sevens (preliminaries and semifinals) 43,000
T Port du Bouclier Côte Serene Canoeing (sprint) pictogram.svg Canoeing (sprint) and Sailing 8,000
N Vélodrome Courtemanche-Babin Maredoux Track cycling 5,000
E Parc Invictus Rayennais Rayenne Football (preliminaries and quarterfinals) 62,000
E Stade de la Sirone Rayenne Canoeing (slalom) pictogram.svg Canoeing (slalom) 8,000
N Colisée de l'Eau Rayenne Rowing 20,000
E Stade de Morel Sartoux Basketball (preliminaries and quarterfinals) 50,000
E Stade de Thorailles Thorailles Rugby sevens (preliminaries and quarterfinals) 32,000
  1. ↑ Seated; unlimited standing room along route.

Budget

Infrastructure and urban renovation

The Games

Opening ceremony

The Shangean team marches in the Parade of Nations
Violaine Rousseau performs at the opening ceremony

The opening ceremony took place at the Parc de la Terre d'Or in central Verlois beginning at 21:00 local time on 11 July. The ceremony opened with a performance of the Gaullican national anthem, the Chant des Gaullois, by the Verlois Symphony Orchestra as the Gaullican flag was raised. This was followed by musical performances by pop stars Violaine Rousseau and Georges Dior along with a light display and dance performance by Cirque du Clair de Lune. A segment highlighting the 1922 Games included a somber tribute to the sacrifice of prior generations and hopes for future peace.

The ceremony's second act consisted of the Parade of Nations, with Etruria taking its traditional first place as the originator of the modern Invictus Games. Other nations followed in alphabetical order with the host nation, Gaullica, concluding the parade. The Gaullicans were led by flagbearer Thècle Deslys, who had previously won Invictus gold in the long jump.

IIC President Prospero D'Agosta made brief remarks before the President of Gaullica, Monique Degar-Abdulrashid, formally declared the Games open. The Invictus flag was brought into the stadium and raised as the Invictus Hymn was played.

The Invictus Cauldron lighting concluded the ceremony. The last stage of the Invictus Torch relay repeated the route from the 1922 Verlois games; rather than highlight an individual athletes, organizers chose to feature the entire torch relay team to celebrate the inclusive spirit of the Games. Étienne Barre, a two-time gold medalist in the modern pentathlon, lit the cauldron. As a final gesture of peace before the ceremony concluded, a flock of white doves was released above the crowd.

Sports

28 sports were played at the games, comprised from 36 disciplines, and with 301 individual medal events. Esports (represented by a single Avatar tournament) was played for the first time as an Invictus medal sport at these games.

In the list below, the number of events in each discipline is noted in parentheses.

2022 Summer Invictus Sports program

Participating National Invictus Committees

  The participating countries at the 2022 Summer Invictus Games
  Countries that participated in 2018 but not in 2022
  Yellow circle is host city (Verlois)
Participating National Invictus Committees
Countries that participated in 2018 but not 2022

Closing ceremony

The closing ceremony is scheduled for 1 August 2022.

Calendar

OC Opening ceremony ● Event competitions 1 Gold medal events CC Closing ceremony
July Aug. Events
Games day -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Date Sun 10 Mon 11 Tue 12 Wed 13 Thu 14 Fri 15 Sat 16 Sun 17 Mon 18 Tue 19 Wed 20 Thu 21 Fri 22 Sat 23 Sun 24 Mon 25 Tue 26 Wed 27 Thu 28 Fri 29 Sat 30 Sun 31 Mon 1
Invictus-logo.svg Ceremonies OC CC N/A
Archery 5 5
Artistic gymnastics ● ● 14 14
Athletics 10 18 20 48
Basketball ● ● ● 2 2
Boxing ● ● ● 13 13
Canoeing Canoeing (slalom) pictogram.svg Slalom 2 6
Canoeing (flatwater) pictogram.svg Sprint 4
Cavaliering 6 6
Cycling Cycling (road) pictogram.svg Road cycling 4 16
Cycling (track) pictogram.svg Track cycling 12
Diving 8 8
Equestrian 6 6
Esports ● ● ● ● 1 1
Fencing 4 4 4 12
Football ● ● ● ● 2 2
Martial arts Judo pictogram.svg Judo 14 30
Karate pictogram.svg Karate 8
Taekwondo pictogram.svg Taekwondo 8
Modern pentathlon 2 2
Pétanque 8 8
Rowing 7 6 13
Rugby sevens ● ● ● 2 2
Sailing 6 6
Shooting 11 11
Swimming 20 17 2 39
Table tennis ● ● ● 5 5
Tennis ● ● ● 5 5
Triathlon 2 2
Volleyball Volleyball (beach) pictogram.svg Beach volleyball ● ● ● 2 4
Volleyball (indoor) pictogram.svg Volleyball ● ● ● 2
Weightlifting 8 7 15
Wrestling ● ● ● ● 18 18
Zadany ● ● ● 2 2
Daily medal events 0 0 9 17 12 20 21 10 0 1 5 23 13 9 14 9 10 18 20 33 28 21 12 301
Cumulative total 0 0 9 22 35 56 77 87 87 87 91 114 127 136 150 159 169 187 207 240 268 289 301
Games day -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Total events
Date Sun 10 Mon 11 Tue 12 Wed 13 Thu 14 Fri 15 Sat 16 Sun 17 Mon 18 Tue 19 Wed 20 Thu 21 Fri 22 Sat 23 Sun 24 Mon 25 Tue 26 Wed 27 Thu 28 Fri 29 Sat 30 Sun 31 Mon
1
July Aug.

Medals

See also: List of 2022 Summer Invictus Games medal winners

Medal table

* Host nation (Gaullica)
Rank NIC Gold Silver Bronze Points total
1  Gaullica (GAL) 31 34 35 196
2  Soravia (SOR) 24 30 12 144
3  Shangea (SHA) 21 17 20 117
4  Senria (SEN) 25 11 11 108
5 Template:Country data Estmere (EST) 17 12 21 96
6  Werania (WER) 13 8 27 82
7  Scovern (SCV) 9 15 18 75
8 Rizealand Rizealand (RIZ) 10 12 12 66
9 Hennehouwe Hennehouwe (HEN) 10 10 9 59
10  Etruria (ETR) 14 5 6 58
11  Cassier (CAS) 9 4 10 45
12  Dezevau (DEZ) 6 6 11 41
13  Paretia (PAR) 8 6 3 39
14  Ansan (ANS) 8 2 3 31
15  Chistovodia (CHI) 3 8 6 31
 Zorasan (ZOR) 3 8 6 31
17  Alsland (ALS) 3 7 8 31
18  Amathia (AMA) 2 6 13 31
19  Emessa (EME) 7 2 5 30
20  Tengaria (TEN) 5 4 5 28
21  Satavia (STV) 6 3 2 26
22 Borland (Kylaris) Borland (BOR) 4 4 6 26
 Kirenia (KIR) 4 4 6 26
24  Azmara (AZM) 2 9 2 26
25  Ardesia (ARD) 2 6 7 25
26 Bistravia Bistravia (BIS) 2 5 9 25
27  Sainte-Chloé (STC) 3 5 5 24
28  East Miersa (EMS) 1 9 3 24
29  Adamantina (ADA) 4 3 4 22
30 International Invictus Committee Invictus Athletes from Champania (AIC) 3 5 3 22
31  Caldia (CAL) 3 3 6 21
32  Garambura (GAR) 2 4 4 18
33  Nuvania (NUV) 1 5 5 18
34  Piraea (PIR) 2 4 3 17
35 File:Eldmark.png Eldmark (ELD) 2 2 6 16
36  Aucuria (AUC) 3 2 2 15
37  Ajahadya (AJA) 3 0 2 11
38 Gapolania Gapolania (GAP) 2 1 3 11
 Ravnia (RAV) 2 1 3 11
40  Nainan (NAI) 2 1 2 10
41  Vedmed (VED) 1 2 3 10
42  Tsabara (TSA) 0 2 6 10
43  Tiwura (TIW) 3 0 0 9
44 File:RwizikuruFlag.PNG Rwizikuru (RWI) 2 1 1 9
45 Montecara Montecara (MON) 1 3 0 9
46  Satucin (SAT) 0 1 7 9
47  Mabifia (MAB) 1 1 3 8
48  Kabu (KAB) 2 0 1 7
 Sohar (SOH) 2 0 1 7
 Yemet (YEM) 2 0 1 7
51 Kantemosha (KAN) 1 1 2 7
52  Geatland (GEA) 1 1 1 6
 Juznavia (JUZ) 1 1 1 6
Vinalia Vinalia (VIN) 1 1 1 6
55  Radushia (RAD) 1 1 0 5
56 Lavana Lavana (LAV) 0 2 1 5
57  Behera (BEH) 1 0 1 4
 Duran (DUR) 1 0 1 4
59  West Miersa (WMS) 0 2 0 4
60 File:ImaguaFlag.png Imagua and the Assimas (IMA) 1 0 0 3
International Invictus Committee Invictus Refugee Team (EIR) 1 0 0 3
62  Azure Coast (CAZ) 0 1 1 3
 Île d'Émeraude (IDE) 0 1 1 3
64  Belmonte (BEL) 0 1 0 2
 Hacyinia (HAC) 0 1 0 2
 Kesselbourg (KES) 0 1 0 2
 Kuthina (KUT) 0 1 0 2
68  Maucha (MAU) 0 0 2 2
 Siamat (SIA) 0 0 2 2
70  Padaratha (PAD) 0 0 1 1
Totals (70 NICs) 304 308 362 1889

NICs without medals

Changes in medal standings

List of official changes in medal standings
Ruling date Sport/Event Athlete (NIC) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total Notes
19 July 2022 Fencing
Women's individual sabre 		Invictus Athletes from Champania Lûcia Montverd (AIC) DSQ –1 –1 AIC fencer Lûcia Montverd was disqualified by a decision of the International Invictus Committee after testing positive for elevated levels of the banned substance trimetazadine.[1]
Gaullica Euphémie Samuel (GAL) +1 –1 0
Garambura Elisé Yaoua (GAR) +1 –1 0
Bistravia Irina Stetenko (BIS) +1 +1
List of official changes by NIC
NIC Gold Silver Bronze Net change
 AIC –1 0 0 –1
 Bistravia +1 +1
 Garambura +1 –1 0
 Gaullica +1 –1 0 0

Broadcasting

Aerial view of the Parc des Expositions de Verlois, the venue for the Invictus Broadcast Centre.

As with previous Games, the Invictus Broadcasting System (SID; Gaullican: Système invictus de diffusion) will serve as the host broadcaster for the 2022 Games. The SID cooperated with the Gaullican public broadcaster, Gaullice Télévisions, to provide broadcasting facilities, personnel and technology for coverage of the Games. The SID licensed broadcasting rights to broadcasters across the world, providing the base feed of video, audio and standardised graphics, with each local broadcaster able to supplement this with their own commentary, presentation and editing.

More than 30,000 hours of television coverage will be produced and distributed by the SID, with a similar volume of digital content produced for online and multimedia services. The SID has set a minimum quota of 50% of televised coverage to be produced in 4K UHD resolution, similar to its production of coverage for the 2020 Winter Invictus Games. In addition, the SID and Gaullice Télévisions will film the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, as well as a select number of event finals, in 8K HDR resolution.

The Parc des Expositions de Verlois is the venue for the Invictus Broadcasting Centre (CDI). The SID operates all production and broadcasting feed dissemination from the Centre. The CDI also serves at the hub for broadcasters producing content relating to the Games, including journalists from non-rightsholding broadcasters and organisations.

In Hennehouwe, public broadcaster Hennish National Broadcasting (HNO) is the official broadcaster of the Games. HNO will air approximately 36 hours of live, free-to-air content a day across its television and digital networks within Hennehouwe. Primary television coverage will be broadcast on De Tweede, including live primetime events, coverage of events with Hennish participation, daily highlights and studio commentary. Uninterrupted coverage of sports will air on the broadcaster's dedicated sports channel HNO Sport, pop-up channel HNO Sport Extra, and streaming service HNO NU. HNO also launched its first ever 4K channel, HNO UHD, on a temporary basis solely for coverage of the Games. For the first time ever, HNO will sublicense coverage of the Games to a third-party Hennish broadcaster, with full coverage of the esports event being sublicensed to youth-orientated network ONYX.

Broadcasters by country

Controversies

Girolamo Conte comments

On 13 July, the second day of the Games, Girolamo Conte, the head coach of Etruria’s female boxing team, was overheard and recorded making homophobic and racist comments about Sarena Sutton, Estmere’s silver winner in women's lightweight boxing. He reportedly questioned why the boxer was representing Estmere and not the men’s refugee team, citing her sexual orientation and ethnicity.[2] He was also overhead and witnessed berating the three Etrurian athletes for failing to progress beyond the Group of 16 stage, publicly questioning their talent, mental capacities and patriotism.

Conte was reported to the Invictus authorities who promptly reviewed the footage of him insulting Sutton and heard evidence from the three Etrurian athletes who reported him for his behaviour. The International Invictus Committee informed the Etrurian Invictus Committee that it would issue fines and bans against it if Conte was not removed from the Games.[3]

Late that night, the EIC announced Conte had been sacked as head coach, expelled from the body, and was ordered to leave Verlois immediately. The Etrurian body also referred his behaviour to the Etrurian boxing authority, who expelled and banned him for life on July 18. The EIC apologised to Sutton and the three athletes, and sent an internal memo to all Etrurian teams with a stern warning that the body would not tolerate any further racial or homophobic incidents.[4]

The Conte incident sparked a bitter debate in Etruria over whether the EIC overreacted.

Lubor Rušil comments

On 14 July, the third day of the Games, Lubor Rušil, a sports commentator for Bistravská Televize, made racist remarks during his commentary of a sabre fencing match between Irina Stetenko of Bistravia and Elisé Yaoua of Garambura.[5] After the incident, many individuals and private media outlets reported Rušil and called the broadcaster to suspend him from commenting for the duration of the Games. It is estimated that around 800,000 viewers watched the event live on the channel.

The next day, rugby and artistic gymnastics events were commented on by Anna Bakarová, who had previously worked with Lubor Rušil on days 2 and 3. However, swimming events had no live commentary and were only briefly summarized in the special program Invictus Studio. During the program it was announced that B.TV2 employees Martin Houský and Jerohim Kusač would join Rušil and Bakarová in the upcoming events. No statement has been released by the broadcaster or by Rušil himself. It is currently unknown what measures have been taken by Bistravian television against the reporter. The journalist has been working for B.TV since 2003 and faced similar criticism during the 2018 Summer Invictus Games and 2019 IFF Coupe du monde.

The same day, Irina Stetenko issued an apology on Chirpr which also included criticism of Rušil, mentioning his history of objectionable behavior.[6]

Invictus Athletes from Champania PED controversy

After Invictus Athletes from Champania fencer Lûcia Montverd earned a gold medal in the women's individual sabre event, it was reported on 16 July, just two days after the event, that she had tested positive for elevated levels of the banned substance trimetazadine.[7] As of 18 July, neither the fencer nor the International Invictus Committee has confirmed or denied the positive test result or the validity of the articles published by sports journal L'Équipe or newspaper Le Monde. Trimetazadine is used to treat numerous heart conditions and was added to the list of banned substances by the Global Anti-Doping Agency in 2013. In healthy people, the drug increases blood flow and endurance levels, giving athletes and unfair advantage over those not on the drug. The Champanian Invictus Committee is currently banned from participating in the Invictus Games after it was found that Champania engaged in state-sponsored systematic doping since at least the early 2010s.

Men's football final

References

  1. ↑ Le Monde Online, https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=39807827#p39807827
  2. ↑ Le Monde Online, https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=39788025#p39788025
  3. ↑ International Invictus Committee, https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=39788105#p39788105
  4. ↑ Etrurian Invictus Committee, https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=39788434#p39788434
  5. ↑ Papuga!, https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=520602&p=39791793#p39791793
  6. ↑ Irina Stetenko, https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=520602&p=39794386#p39794386
  7. ↑ L'Équipe, https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=39798887#p39798887
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