{"id":833,"date":"2015-12-08T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/2015\/12\/08\/weltklasse-zurich-to-launch-fair-play-programme-2\/"},"modified":"2015-12-08T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T11:00:00","slug":"weltklasse-zurich-to-launch-fair-play-programme-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/weltklasse-zurich-to-launch-fair-play-programme-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich to Launch Fair Play Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\u201cThe events of recent months have shown, that the core values of sport suffer, if there is a lack of fair play or moral courage,\u201d said Christoph Joho, Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich Co-Meeting Director. \u201cTherefore, we have reflected on what we can do as organisers of a leading athletics meeting to contribute to and to promote fairness.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cFair Play and Human Touch\u201d has been one of four main pillars of the Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich strategy for many years. And with its policy of not inviting athletes with suspensions of two years or longer, Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich has also already taken a stand for fair and clean sport.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Now, the promoters intend to go one step further: In association, with Swiss Athletics and the Antidoping Schweiz foundation, they will initiate a new fair play programme with various events on the topic during the week leading up to the 2016 meeting on 1 September 2016.<\/div>\n<h3>Yulia Stepanova and Vitaly Stepanov named Fair Play Ambassadors<\/h3>\n<div>Russian 800m runner Yulia Stepanova and her husband Vitaly Stepanov will be part of the new programme. Following their disclosures, which were first made public in an ARD documentary one year ago, systematic corruption and violations against anti-doping rules were detected in Russia.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cYulia and Vitaly have taken huge personal risks to help disclose violations against our sport\u2019s values. As Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich Fair Play Ambassadors, they will champion fairness and moral courage and will help promote a cause that is essential for both us as a meeting and for sports as such. By appointing them as Fair Play Ambassadors, we also acknowledge their courage and commitment,\u201d explained Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich Co-Meeting Director Andreas Hediger.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cBecoming Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich Fair Play Ambassadors is both a great honour and a recognition of our efforts so far,\u201d said Yulia Stepanova. \u201cAnd we hope that this new role will help us continue our fight for fair and clean sport,\u201d Vitaly added.<\/div>\n<h3>A joint effort by Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich, Swiss Athletics, and Antidoping Schweiz<\/h3>\n<div>During the next weeks, a comprehensive fair play programme will be drawn up in co-operation with the two new Fair Play Ambassadors, and with representatives of Swiss Athletics and Antidoping Schweiz. The programme will include events aimed at various target groups. There will be a forum on moral courage with representatives of various industries. Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich and Swiss Athletics will jointly hold workshops for athletes and coaches, and in co-operation with Antidoping Schweiz, events for members of staff will be organised. In addition, parents of young talents will be able to participate in workshops to sensitise them to the aspects of clean sports.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cSwiss Athletics attaches great importance to the aspect of doping prevention. Swiss Athletics has already taken various steps, such as the new ethics charter. As we are part of a global sport, however, we rely on fair play and clean sports rules being respected everywhere in the world. That is the only way to ensure equal opportunities for Swiss athletes. The new fair play programme is a valuable initiative and will set an example both on a national and an international level,\u201c explained Peter Bohnenblust, CEO of Swiss Athletics. &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Mathias Kamber, Director of the Antidoping Schweiz foundation said, \u201cAll parties involved, including meeting promoters and federations, must join forces in the fight against doping. Therefore, I am delighted about this initiative by Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich and Swiss Athletics. And we look forward to be an active partner in the new fair play programme.\u201c<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich athletics meeting is launching a new fair play programme in association...","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[42,41,19],"city":[],"class_list":["post-833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-zurich","tag-fairplay","tag-leichtathletik","tag-weltklasse-zurich"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833","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=833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=833"},{"taxonomy":"city","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/city?post=833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}