The 2022 BRICS Games will open on Sept 1 with competitions and demonstrations of three events - breakdancing, chess and wushu (Chinese martial arts) - all taking place online. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY)

BEIJING - The 2022 BRICS Games opened on Thursday, with athletes from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa competing online.

The 2022 BRICS Games features breakdancing, chess and Wushu (Chinese martial arts) as medal events and yoga, dragon and lion dance, dragon boat racing, Brazil jiu-jitsu, and sambo as demonstration events

The 2022 BRICS Games features breakdancing, chess and Wushu (Chinese martial arts) as medal events and yoga, dragon and lion dance, dragon boat racing, Brazil jiu-jitsu, and sambo as demonstration events.

The chess tournament will be played online, with the first round starting on Thursday evening, and will be broadcast on the tournament's official website. Breakdancing and Wushu will be scored by judges through videos uploaded by the competitors.

The BRICS Games is the highlight event of the BRICS sports cooperation. The first Games were held in Guangzhou, China in 2017.

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Considering the pandemic, China, which holds the chairmanship of the BRICS countries this year, decided to hold the Games online.