当地时间9月2日，第十六届世界男子、第七届世界女子消防救援运动锦标赛在哈萨克斯坦中部城市卡拉干达举行。

On September 2 local time, the 16th World Men's and 7th World Women's fire rescue Championships were held in Karaganda, a city in central Kazakhstan.

来自哈萨克斯坦、乌兹别克斯坦、俄罗斯、白俄罗斯、波兰、捷克、奥地利等15个国家的参赛选手在此展开角逐。世界消防救援运动锦标赛旨在加强参赛国选手在体育领域的友好合作，提高消防救援人员的职业能力与运动技能。

Contestants from 15 countries including Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Czech Republic and Austria compete here. The world fire rescue sports Championship aims to strengthen the friendly cooperation of contestants in the field of sports and improve the professional ability and sports skills of fire rescue personnel.

本次世界锦标赛分为救援梯攀爬、百米障碍赛、4×100米接力赛等多个项目。比赛时间将持续至5日结束。

The world championship is divided into rescue ladder climbing, 100 meter obstacle race and 4 × The 100 meter relay race and other events. The game will last until the end of the 5th.

图为当日在卡拉干达矿工中央体育场举行女子组救援梯攀爬项目的比赛。 中新社记者 张硕 摄

The picture shows the women's rescue ladder climbing competition held at Karaganda miners' Central Stadium on that day. Photo by Zhang Shuo, reporter of China News Agency