{"id":1876,"date":"2023-07-04T15:14:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T15:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/2023\/07\/04\/additional-international-stars-confirmed\/"},"modified":"2023-07-04T15:14:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T15:14:00","slug":"additional-international-stars-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/additional-international-stars-confirmed\/","title":{"rendered":"Additional international stars confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just after Athletissima Lausanne, we start glancing at what may be in store for the second Wanda Diamond League stop in Switzerland on 31 August \u2013 for Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich.<\/p>\n<p> One of the 2023 highlights will be the 100m hurdles, a race that will feature Olympic champion&nbsp;Jasmine Camacho-Quinn&nbsp;(PUR), world champion&nbsp;Tobi Amusan&nbsp;(NGR), and&nbsp;Kendra Harrison&nbsp;(USA), who preceded her as world record holder. Fans of Swiss athletes will be particularly delighted to see the 21-year-old&nbsp;Ditaji Kambundji. The former UBS Kids Cup medal winner quickly approaches the circle of the best sprint hurdlers in the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Steeplechase queens in front of a sold-out seating audience<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The women\u2019s 3000m steeplechase may turn out to be another high-level duel between Olympic champions&nbsp;Peruth Chemutai&nbsp;(UGA) and world record holder&nbsp;Beatrice Chepkoech&nbsp;(KEN). All competitors, including Swiss national record holder&nbsp;Chiara Scherrer, will be cheered by an excited crowd at a sold-out Letzigrund Stadium (no more seats available).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Javelin show in Zurich\u2019s night sky<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When&nbsp;Neeraj Chopra&nbsp;(IND) sends his javelin into the Zurich sky, his opponents \u2013 world champion&nbsp;Anderson Peters&nbsp;(GRN), Olympic silver medallist&nbsp;Jakub Vadlejch&nbsp;(CZE), or European champion&nbsp;Julian Weber&nbsp;(GER), for instance \u2013 and millions of viewers will be looking on. The first Indian Olympic champion in athletics is considered a hero in the world\u2019s most populous country, but he still feels quite at home in Switzerland, as well. So far, his three&nbsp;Wanda Diamond League&nbsp;appearances in Lausanne and Zurich have reaped three wins.<\/p>\n<p> <em>A few Tickets for the&nbsp;standing area&nbsp;are still available.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/weltklassezuerich.showare.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ticket shop<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weltklassezuerich.ch\/en\/our-events\/weltklasse-zurich-at-letzigrund-stadium\/stars-of-the-evening\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Confirmed athletes&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>A mesmerizing moment with Zoe Wees<\/h2>\n<p>Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich also provides excellent entertainment after the competitions:: Multiple platinum winner&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/zoe.wees\/?hl=de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zoe Wees<\/a>&nbsp;has a way of telling her complex, moving stories that captures everyone in every audience, that has everyone feel connected. Her song&nbsp;\u00ab<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UrGS_6_HglU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Control<\/a>\u00bb was streamed more than 1.8 billion times and became a worldwide hit. Supported by floating&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dundu.eu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dundus<\/a>, large puppets, the young star will no doubt mesmerize the Letzigrund crowd.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>100m hurdles, 3000m steeplechase, javelin throw\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"city":[],"class_list":["post-1876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-zurich"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1876"},{"taxonomy":"city","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/city?post=1876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}