However, at the end of 2008, Duisburg withdrew and Düsseldorf dropped out because both cities could not secure enough funding, partly as a result of the financial crisis of 2007–08 and the subsequent Great Recession.Two alternate cities came forward to the IWGA to bid for these Games: Pretoria, South Africa and Cali, Colombia."[12] Key: Medal tally of the 2013 World Games' Official Results website, which includes road speed skating.* Host nation (Colombia)Key: As of August 3, 2013, from the Games' official Invitational Sports Medal Tally.[14] * Host nation (Colombia) Disqualified athlete(s) In the men's middleweight sumo event, István Kalmár of Hungary was stripped of his silver medal due to a positive doping test.
Parade of nations at the opening ceremony of the World Games in Cali 2013