{"id":1149,"date":"2016-07-13T14:41:44","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T14:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/zurich-european-champions-at-letzigrund\/"},"modified":"2016-07-13T14:41:44","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T14:41:44","slug":"zurich-european-champions-at-letzigrund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/zurich-european-champions-at-letzigrund\/","title":{"rendered":"Zurich: European Champions at Letzigrund"},"content":{"rendered":"
The heroes of Amsterdam and Rio are on top of Co-Meeting Director and Athletes\u2019 Liaison Andreas Hediger\u2019s list. While the Olympic champions will not be determined until mid-August, Hediger has been able to sign no less than 16 newly crowned European champions already (see list below). <\/div>\n
Schippers\u2019 return to Zurich<\/b><\/div>\n
With 50 days to go, the meeting\u2019s entry lists read like a who\u2019s who of European athletics. The stars of the recent championships will give their all when they line up against their colleagues from other parts of the world at Letzigrund Stadium.<\/div>\n
This may be particularly true for Dafne Schippers. The Dutch athlete, who had launched her sprint career by winning both the 100m and the 200m at the European Athletics Championships Z\u00fcrich 2014, will return to the Zurich arena to compete in the 200m. Before that, however, the reigning 200m world champion plans to win Olympic gold in both sprint events in Rio. At Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich, just as in Amsterdam, Switzerland\u2019s Mujinga Kambundji will be among her opponents.<\/div>\n
The Dutch 4x100m relay team, new European champions themselves, will compete in the traditional Zurich Trophy, facing the Swiss quartet among others.<\/div>\n
Several Swiss athletes will get to challenge new European titles holders: 2014 European champion Kariem Hussein, for instance, will compete against reigning European champion Yasmani Copello Escobar (TUR) in the 400m hurdles. European indoor champion Selina B\u00fcchel will race outdoor title holder Nataliya Pryshchepa (UKR) again in the 800m, and Lea Sprunger will line up against European champion Sara Slott Petersen (DEN) in the 400m h (additional race, no IAAF Diamond League final event).<\/div>\n
The international programme of events of Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich 2016, one of two IAAF Diamond League finals, includes 19 events. 16 of them will represent the final leg of the Diamond Race. While the men\u2019s pole vault will be held at Letzigrund Stadium, their female colleagues will compete at Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich at Zurich Main Station on the eve of the meeting (31 August).<\/div>\n
The following new European champions have confirmed their appearance at Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich so far:<\/div>\n
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  • Dafne Schippers, (NED\/100 m; 200 m in Zurich)<\/li>\n
  • Nataliya Pryshchepa (UKR\/800 m)<\/li>\n
  • Angelica Cichocka (POL\/1500 m)<\/li>\n
  • Gesa-Felicitas Krause (GER\/3000 m SC)<\/li>\n
  • Cindy Roleder (GER\/100 m hurdles)<\/li>\n
  • Sara Slott Petersen (DEN\/400 m hurdles)<\/li>\n
  • Ivana Spanovic (SRB\/long jump)<\/li>\n
  • Ruth Beitia (ESP\/high jump)<\/li>\n
  • Ekaterini Stefanidi (GRE\/pole vault; at Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich at Zurich Main Station)<\/li>\n
  • Sandra Perkovic (CRO\/discus throw)<\/li>\n
  • Team Holland (4×100 m women) <\/li>\n
  • Churandy Martina (NED\/100 m)<\/li>\n
  • Martyn Rooney (GBR\/400 m)<\/li>\n
  • Ilias Fifa (ESP\/5000 m)<\/li>\n
  • Yasmani Copello Escobar (TUR\/400 m hurdles)<\/li>\n
  • Robert Sobera (POL\/pole vault)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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    Swiss athletes in the Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich entry lists so far:<\/div>\n
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    • Mujinga Kambundji (200 m)<\/li>\n
    • Selina B\u00fcchel (800 m)<\/li>\n
    • Lea Sprunger (400 m hurdles)<\/li>\n
    • Fabienne Schlumpf (3000 m SC)<\/li>\n
    • 4x100m national team<\/li>\n
    • Nicole B\u00fcchler (pole vault; Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich at Zurich Main Station)<\/li>\n
    • Angelica Moser (pole vault; Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich at Zurich Main Station) <\/li>\n
    • Kariem Hussein (400 m hurdles)<\/li>\n
    • Dominik Alberto (pole vault)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
      …………………………..<\/div>\n
      Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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