CHUNGJU, South Korea,
Sept. 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- 13th World Firefighters Games
(WFG) has wrapped up its eight-day schedule in Chungju,
South Korea.
Some 6,600 firefighters from 63 countries competed in the
biennial international event.
Hong Kong, which sent the
largest delegation of 230 firefighters, secured the top post in the
medal standings with 241 gold medals, trailed by South Korea with 239 and Russia with 32.
South Korea, however, won the
Toughest Firefighter Alive (TFA) title, the event's
centerpiece.
Some 150 firefighters contended with each other in the four-day TFA
sport, which consists of hose pulling, an obstacle course, and a
tower and stair climbing. South
Korea's 32-year-old Hong
Beom-seok grabbed the title with a time of 4 minutes and
48.29 seconds.
Subsidiary events included a firefighting industry expo and
meetings on firefighting polices, a fire investigation, an
emergency medical service and a variety of cultural programs.
"We're surprised at the scale and operation of the Chungju
Games. We will also make sincere preparations to make the 2020
Aalborg Games a venue for the friendship and unity of all
firefighters around the world," an Aalborg organizing committee
official said.
Aalborg, a Danish city, was chosen as the next
host.
The WFG was inaugurated in Auckland,
New Zealand, in 1990 to promote world firefighters'
friendship and competition in sports.
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