Early on in our discussions with Stephane Malbos, the CIVL
President, the desire on the part of the FAI not to have conflicting
international hang gliding competitions take place after July 2020 was an issue.
The CIVL Bureau went ahead anyway and approved the
1st FAI Pan-American Hang Gliding Championships for August 2020.  Now
the calendar is clear and there is no conflict, except, no doubt, for the
European Hang Gliding Championships in 2022.

There has never been a "real" hang gliding or paragliding presence at the World
Air Games, mostly because the venues are not conductive to actual competitions.
By "real" we mean a cross country competition. The proposed site in Turkey for
the hang gliding competition was apparently pretty sketchy and was going to be
reviewed by CIVL Bureau members (as I recall, Jamie Shelden and Mitch Shipley).
Also the idea of holding a Women's Worlds there as a part of the WAG was
discouraged given the attitude of Turkish males towards women.

https://fai.org/news/supercharging-fai-world-air-games-2022

The FAI and the Turkish Aeronautical Association (THK) have
announced that the FAI World Air Games in Turkey have been moved from 2020 to
September 2022.