{"id":439,"date":"2013-08-28T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-28T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/2013\/08\/28\/training-with-the-stars-great-atmosphere-at-weltklasse-zurich-kids-events-despite-rainy-weather\/"},"modified":"2013-08-28T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-28T09:00:00","slug":"training-with-the-stars-great-atmosphere-at-weltklasse-zurich-kids-events-despite-rainy-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/training-with-the-stars-great-atmosphere-at-weltklasse-zurich-kids-events-despite-rainy-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"Training with the stars: Great atmosphere at Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich kids\u2019 events &#8211; despite rainy weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The young talents were fully concentrated when listening to their star\u2019s tips. While triple world champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce demonstrated some exercises, her colleague Kim Collins supported the kids with valuable advice: \u201cDon\u2019t look at the starter! Focus on the track, or you will get a slow start!\u201d Heptathlist Linda Z\u00fcblin coached young throwers who had to try and throw a ball through hoops. And triathlon Olympic champion Nicola Spirig and her group went on a run around the sports ground. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>For most of the young athletes, the training was their first performance in front of a crowd and many cameras. Innumerable souvenir photos were taken. All in all, 1500 young athletes between 7 and 15 years of age got to meet with their idols for an inspiring, motivating training session. The event included a chat with the stars, autographs, refreshments, and small presents. The star coaches clearly enjoyed themselves, as well &#8211; and appreciated a helicopter ride back to the hotel.<\/p>\n<p><link \/Templates\/IAAFDiamondLeague\/PageTypes\/StandardContentPageType.aspx?id=224&#038;epslanguage=de>Link to photo gallery<\/link>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1500 children and teenagers had won a ticket for a special training session with the stars of...","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"city":[],"class_list":["post-439","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\/439","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=439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439"},{"taxonomy":"city","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/city?post=439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}