Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich at Zurich Main Station: On the eve of the traditional Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich meeting at Letzigrund Stadium, the world\u2019s best shot putters will clash in the hall of RailCity. For the first time, both the women\u2019s and the men\u2019s Samsung Diamond League finals will be staged at the largest train station of Switzerland. Therefore, the winners of both Diamond Races (the overall event ranking of the series) will be determined in Zurich.<\/p>\n
Valerie Adams and her Swiss fan club<\/strong> \u201eZurich is going to be special. I\u2019m looking forward to the event. We will compete at the main station arena for the third time,\u201d Valerie Adams explained. She will be supported by many Swiss fans: \u201cIt\u2019s just great that my friends from Magglingen and Biel will be there to cheer me on.\u201d<\/p>\n Gregory Ott\u2019s season highlight<\/strong> Electric Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich atmosphere in the city centre: The top stars of shot put will stop...","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"city":[],"class_list":["post-620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-zurich"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620","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=620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620"},{"taxonomy":"city","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/city?post=620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The entire shot put elite, including New Zealand\u2019s Olympic and world champion Valerie Adams, will be present at Zurich Main Station. Adams, who is a towering 1.95m tall, has yet to be beaten since she started working with Jean-Pierre Egger and Werner G\u00fcnth\u00f6r in fall 2010. Her last \u2018defeat\u2019 dates back to the Zurich Main Station shot put event premiere in 2010. Last year, she won the competition. The shot put queen is currently training in Magglingen.<\/p>\n
Gregory Ott\u2019s 20m U18 record had the crowd cheering last year. He will again be in the field this year: \u201cUnfortunately, I was injured and couldn\u2019t qualify for the U20 world championships. But there will be enough time to prepare for Zurich. The competition will be my championship this year,\u201d Ott said. The young athlete will again line up against the best shot putters of the world. Whether he will use a 6kg shot (which is standard for his age group) or the 7.26kg shot his opponents will catapult through the station hall arena remains to be determined.<\/p>\n
Tickets available<\/strong>
Tickets for Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich at Zurich Main Station can be purchased online: www.weltklassezuerich.ch<\/link> (CHF 22 per ticket). Only a few tickets remain for the meeting at Letzigrund Stadium on 30 August 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"