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It was Tunisia's second gold of the Games, and the pair's win made Béji individually responsible for both of Tunisia's first-ever World Games golds.",[16,133,134,137,138,142],{},[20,135,136],{},"France's Lucas Desport and Sandrine Poinsot"," took bronze, beating Italy 13-4 in the third-place match after a mixed run through the bracket: wins over Benin (13-5) and Italy (13-9) in earlier rounds, then a 2-13 semi-final loss to Thailand. 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Its presence there is tied directly to a decades-long campaign for full Olympic recognition: pétanque's global body, the World Pétanque and Bowls Federation, points to strong World Games participation and results as part of its case to the IOC. The WPBF picked up fresh momentum in March 2026 when World Bowls rejoined the federation, broadening the coalition pushing for Olympic inclusion.",[16,235,236,237,241],{},"For now, the FIPJP's own World Championship remains pétanque's showcase event on the annual calendar - see our ",[81,238,240],{"href":239},"\u002Fblog\u002Fpetanque-world-championship-2026-preview","preview of the 2026 World Championship in Khon Kaen, Thailand"," for what comes next on the competitive calendar.",{"title":243,"searchDepth":244,"depth":244,"links":245},"",2,[246,247,248,249,250,251,252],{"id":31,"depth":244,"text":32},{"id":66,"depth":244,"text":67},{"id":96,"depth":244,"text":97},{"id":123,"depth":244,"text":124},{"id":145,"depth":244,"text":146},{"id":217,"depth":244,"text":218},{"id":229,"depth":244,"text":230},"2026-07-28","Tunisia won its first-ever World Games gold medals and Benin claimed its first World Games medal of any kind as pétanque crowned champions in Chengdu, China.","md",[257,260,263,266,269],{"question":258,"answer":259},"Who won gold in petanque at the 2025 World Games?","Tunisia's Mouna Béji won the Women's Precision Shooting gold, beating China's Yan Linlin 35-31, then paired with Mohamed Khaled Bougriba to win Mixed Petanque Classic Doubles gold, beating Thailand 10-9 in the final. 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