by Larry Eder
Robert Harting, photo by PhotoRun.net
SPORTS AND CULTURE
ZURICH (SUI): The European Championships in Zurich in August will offer a unique mixture of Sport and Culture. Not only competition of the athletes but also national and international artists like DJ Bobo, Sunrise Avenue, Eliana Burki, Marc Sway or Freddy Nock will make the event to a very special summer festival. French pole vault star Renaud Lavillenie was a star guest at the Friday press conference in Letzigrund Stadium.
“Im really looking forward to European Championships in Letzigrund. Zurich is well known with its tradition in athletics. They always prepare the best possible conditions for athletes and also allow the spectators to enjoy the event in very special way,”said Lavillenie.
Every competition day will end with a special multi-media show for about 10 minutes. Organisers also informed that already 45% percent of all 54, 405 available tickets are sold, and one third of it into other countries. Another nice figure is the number of sponsors which is now at 37.
(Editor’s note: The European Championships are making a bit of a comeback. Strong European athletes, and a well organized team in Zurich means a better event for the sport. RunBlogRun will be there, covering each day LIVE, our first visit to the European Outdoors. As many will know, we have been heading across the pond for the European Indoors for the past three events. Fun times, great track, wonderful people and venues.)
