{"id":163998,"date":"2024-06-25T11:41:46","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T02:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=163998&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-06-25T11:41:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T02:41:46","slug":"parkour-world-championships-to-be-held-in-kitakyushu","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/parkour-world-championships-to-be-held-in-kitakyushu\/","title":{"rendered":"Parkour World Championships to be Held in Kitakyushu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The organizing committee for the Parkour World Championships, to be held in Kitakyushu this November, was launched with Morinari Watanabe, President of the International Gymnastics Federation, expressing hopes that the event will connect young people globally. Parkour involves acrobatically navigating obstacles, with participants competing in speed and skill. The championships will take place over three days starting November 15 at Katsuyama Park, Kitakyushu. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pref.fukuoka.lg.jp\/uploaded\/attachment\/224240.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka Prefecture<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=12922627&amp;ymd=2024-06-24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_163987\" style=\"width: 1410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-163987\" class=\"size-full wp-image-163987\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fnn_kitakyushu-parkour_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C944&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Parkour World Championships to be Held in Kitakyushu \" width=\"1400\" height=\"944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fnn_kitakyushu-parkour_2024_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fnn_kitakyushu-parkour_2024_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C202&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fnn_kitakyushu-parkour_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C690&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fnn_kitakyushu-parkour_2024_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C518&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-163987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u5199\u771f\uff1aJAPAN PARKOUR COMMISSION<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The organizing committee for the Parkour World Championships, to be held in Kitakyushu this November, was launched with Morinari Watanabe&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":163994,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-163998","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","news-category-sports","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/163998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163998"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}