\u201eIt will be great to be back at Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich. I have great memories of the fantastic organisation and passionate crowd at the Letzigrund Stadium,\u201d Usain Bolt said. \u201cZurich is often called the one day Olympics and I expect this year to be a very special meeting 18 days after the London Games.\u201d<\/p>\n
On 30 August, the sprint superstar will be in the Zurich line-up for the fifth time. Even before his rise to fame, Bolt \u2013 who is a towering 1.95m tall – placed second in the men\u2019s 200m in 2006 and 2007. Bolt then went on to win the 100m races in 2008 and 2009. Both these triumphal races came on the heels of historic achievements: an Olympic title at the Games in Beijing and another gold medal at the World Championships in Berlin.<\/p>\n
Whether he will run the 100m or the 200m race in Zurich remains to be decided. Both sprint events will be staged this year; the men\u2019s 200m race will be a Diamond Race final.<\/p>\n
\u201eUsain is the most popular track and field star of the millennium. We are delighted to have him back in Zurich, and to be able to open the official ticket sale with such great news for the fans,\u201d said Patrick K. Magyar, Meeting Director of Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich. The early confirmation is also related the date of the Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich meeting this summer. \u201c2012 will be a very special edition of our meeting. Zurich will be held 18 days after the Olympic Games – an ideal date in the outdoor competition calendar. This will help us present high-level fields in all our events.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tickets available as of Tuesday, 15 May 2012, 9 a.m. – stadium tickets expected to sell out fast<\/strong> Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich Meeting Week<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Tuesday, 28 August 2012: <\/strong>Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich kids clinic at 11 locations in the German-speaking part of Switzerland and in Ticino (starting 5.30 p.m.). Exciting news for athletics fans in Zurich: Superstar Usain Bolt (JAM) will be part of the cast...","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-621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-zurich"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621","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=621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621"},{"taxonomy":"city","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/city?post=621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The official ticket sale for Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich 2012 will begin tomorrow, Tuesday, 15 May, 9 a.m. \u201cAs in the past, tickets will sell out very fast,\u201d Meeting Director Patrick Magyar predicted. The Zurich promoters expect a sell-out crowd again this year.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Wednesday, 29 August 2012:<\/strong> Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich Shot Put event at Zurich Main Station (as of 5 p.m.).
\u2022 Thursday, 30 August 2012:<\/strong> Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich, Samsung Diamond League final; live TV coverage as of 8 p.m. (SF2).
\u2022 Saturday, 1 September 2012:<\/strong> national final UBS Kids Cup at Letzigrund Stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"