IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup Split, Croatia

The great American sprinter Tyson Gay will compete at the IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup in Split. One of the fastest men alive and holder of the best result this season will run in the Poljud stadium on Saturday 04th as member of the Americas r...

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The phenomenal Blanka Vlašić, cheered by an audience of 25.000 fans in the Poljud stadium the Continental Cup with 205 cm ! The audience went into a frenzy ! - The audience increased my adrenaline more than anywhere else. I am citizen of Split, D...

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Sandra Perković was the absolute star for the domestic audience during the first day of competitions of the Continental Cup in Split, but she came only in second here with her best throw of 63,29 meters in front of a 10.000 crowd. This time winner of...

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On the Prokurative square in Split, after a great show and entertainment program, the Continental Cup was officially opened.   The opening ceremony was attended by the President of the IAAF, Mr. Lamine Diack, the President of t the Croatian Parliam...

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The fastest sprinter of the season, the American athlete Tyson Gay, will compete at the Continental Cup in Split in the relay 4 x 100 metres. He arrived in Split on Thursday afternoon and joined the press conference in the Hotel le Meridien Lav. -...

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In anticipation of the Continental Cup, on September 02nd, an entertainment program will be organized at the waterfront „Riva“ in Split, beginning at 19:00 h. This event is just the introduction for the official opening ceremony of the Continental...

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The great American sprinter Tyson Gay will compete at the IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup in Split. One of the fastest men alive and holder of the best result this season will run in the Poljud stadium on Saturday 04th as member of the Americas r...

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The fantastic Sandra Perković set a new Croatian record in discus throwing tonight in Brussels, with 66.93 meter! The European Champion from Barcelona continued her series of great results, this throw was a winning one during the finals of the Diamon...

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One week before the global athletics competition – the Continental Cup, Split will host the International Athletics Meeting Split 2010, as a rehearsal and test competition for the upcoming Continental Cup. The Athletics Meeting Split 2010 will be hel...

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On the occasion of the global competition in athletics, the Continental Cup an unforgettable manifestation was organized on the legendary beach Bačvice, where from 17.00 to 21.00 h, many visitors were given all information on this upcoming athletics ...

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The Kenyan David Rudisha is the new world record holder on 800 meters. His time in Berlin was 1.41.09, which is two hundredth s of a second faster than the record set by the Kenyan with Danish passport, Wilson Kipketer in 1997. This fantastic 21 ye...

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The great Blanka Vlašić won for the sixth time in a row in the Diamond League Meeting series, after clearing 201 cm in London, last Friday. The athlete from Split didn’t have any real competition during this Meeting in the English capital, the secon...

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In the Imperijal Park Hotel in Split, the list of competitors of the Continental Cup that will be held on September 04th and 05th has been publicly presented. During this Cup, the leading world’s athletes will compete in the selections Europe, Northe...

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The recently renovated stadium Poljud beauty presented itself on August 05th in best light. The inspection of the venue only verified that the perfect, new athletic track deserves the 1st class Certificate by the International Association of Athle...

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Blanka Vlašić is the new European Champion in high jump ! This great athlete from Split won her fist medal on a European Championship and hit gold. In order to win the Blanka had to clear 203 cm, which none of her competitors managed to do. Emma Gree...

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The organizers of the IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup that will be held on September 04th and 05th in Split, organized a lunch for invited guests and officials in the hotel Pullman Skipper in Barcelona.   - Split is a city that has 69 ...

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Sandra Perković is the new Eruopean Champion ! The young Croatian athlete won gold in discus throwing at the European Championship in Barcelona. Her winning throw of 64.67 this young athlete from Zagreb threw in the last, the sixth series at the Mon...

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The best Croatian athletes competes starting from today until this Sunday at the European Championship in Athletics in Barcelona. The Croatian team has 12 members, five female and seven male athletes, ahead of all of them the great Blanka Vlašić and ...

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In the White lounge of the Poljud stadium, the global athletics competition – the IAAF/VTB Bank Continental Cup and the renovated stadium „Poljud beauty“ have been presented to the public. The main goals of the Continental Cup and the works done fo...

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The Vice-Mayor of Split, Mrs. Anđelka Visković visited the stadium in the Park of Youth - "Park mladeži", a venue that will be used for the training of the athletes during the IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup Split 2010. Accompanied by the Mayo...

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The President of the Republic of Croatia, dr. Ivo Josipović met during his visit of Split last week, the Director of the IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup Split 2010, Mr. Siniša Ergotić and spoke with him about this big competition in athletics that w...

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In the Poljud stadium on Thursday, the first operational meeting of the volunteers took place, who will significantly contribute the organization of the IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup Split 2010. More than 500 of them were greeted by the Director o...

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Tickets for IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup Split 2010 now on sale at all ticket offices of Eventim and on www.eventim.hr.   Ticket prizes per one day: Tribune East - 30 kuna (5 USD) Tribune North - 30 kuna (5 USD) Tribune West - entra...

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The children of the daily centre Firule, a part of the Centre for education “Juraj Bonači” have positively surprised on Tuesday, when Marino, the mascot of the IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup Split 2010 came to visit them. Namely, it was the childre...

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The French sprinter Christophe Lemaitre turned a new page in the history of international athletics on Friday, becoming the first white athlete to run 100 meters under 10 seconds, precisely in 9.98 sec. This happened on the French championship in ...

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The Director of the IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup, Mr. Siniša Ergotić and the Manager for the Cup promotion, Mrs. Ivana Vladović had a meeting on Wednesday with the Croatian Minister of Tourism, Mr. Damir Bajs where they presented him the project...

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The works on the athletics track in stadium Poljud are coming to an end. After the company “GMT – sport i interijeri” installed the new track, now the lines and markings on the track are done. Employees of a German company that is authorized by the I...

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SPLIT – The Governor of the county Split – Dalmatia, Mr. Ante Sanader met today with the director of the IAAF/VTB Bank Continental Cup Split 2010, Mr. Siniša Ergotić and the President of the Association World Athletics Cup, Mr. Ivica Bubić who pres...

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The four members delegation of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) visited the city of Split last weekend in order to visit the site of the venue and the progress of works and organization of the IAAF/VTB Bank Continental Cu...

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The works on preparing of the stadium in Poljud are almost completed, some of them are even already finished. The company “Krik” from Split has completely redone all offices in the second floor that will be used by the Local Organizing Committee of ...

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The Croatian national athletic selection achieved excellent results during the competition of the 2. League of the European Team Championship, held last weekend in Belgrade. Our selection managed to get into the 1. League after finishing this Team...

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The athletic track in the Poljud stadium slowly is looking more and more like an ideal arena, for the best athletes that will compete here on September 04th and 05th.   The workers of the company “GMT-sport interijeri” are laying the new laye...

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The young Croatian disc thrower Sandra Perković is the winner of the Diamond League Meeting in New York! This athlete from Zagreb climbed onto the highest level of the rostrum, together with the best athletes of this discpline after only three ap...

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The Americas selection of athletes that will compete at the IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup Split 2010 confirmed their arrival to the training camp in Tučepi and Makarska, on August 28th. Some 85 leading athletes and 27 members team official and m...

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Blanka Vlašić is the winner of the Diamond League Meeting in Rome. This great Croatian athlete jumper over the bar set at 203 cm, her best seasonal result. Therefore she remains at the leading position in this discipline in the Diamond League series....

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The best Croatian athlete Blanka Vlašić will go tonight for a new victory in the Diamond League Meeting series in Rome. The beginning of tonights competition is announced for 20:30 h and Blankas opponents will be Chaunte Howard-Lowe, Antonietta Di ...

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The director of the IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup Split 2010, Mr. Siniša Ergotić and the manager of the company Telemonting from Sesvetski Kraljevac, Mr. Ante Plazonić signed the contract on donation of the audio system and free usage of the sc...

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Blanka Vlašić has won the Diamond league meeting in Oslo! The double world champion in high jump won this meeting with 201 cm, while the American Chaunte Howard-Lowe came in second. Blanka only confirmed her leading position in this discipline of the...

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The third Diamond League Meeting and the first one in Europe, will be held on Friday, June 06th in Oslo. Among other stars, two Croatian athletes will compete in the Norwegian capital, Blanka Vlašić in high jump and Sandra Perković in disc throwing...

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The reaction by volunteers for the participation at the IAAF/VTB Bank Continental Cup Split 2010 has exceeded all expectations. On Wednesday the students of the prestigious High School for Sport Management “Aspira” from Split joined our action. ...

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It is precisely 100 days left until the opening of the IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup on September 04th and 05th in Split. The preparations for this great athletic competition with more than 400 athletes are progressing as planned and currently th...

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The director of the US national track and  field team, Sandy Snow came for a two day visit to Split in order to find an adequate location in Split or its surroundings for a training camp for the American team for the IAAF / VTB Bank Continental...

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The works on the stadium Poljud progress in compliance with the defined plans. The offices that will accommodate the Organizing Committee of the IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup and the high officials of the IAAF will be soon completed. The track is p...

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The nice and sunny spring day has attracted many citizens of Split and their foreign visitors who enjoy the beauties of the city at foot of hill Marjan to come out to the local waterfront. The youngest among them, children of up to 12 years of age...

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The stadium in Poljud is being prepared for the upcoming IAAF/VTB Bank Continental Cup. Today the works on refurbishing the VIP and journalist boxes started. The old plastic seats will be replaced with new, more comfortable ones. The design of the ne...

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The youngest citizens of Split will have a chance to compete and show their skills in the mini athletics competition that will be held on Saturday, May 22nd 2010. Children of up to 12 years of age, divided into several age categories, will compete in...

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After the excellent performance of our athletes in Doha, where Blanka Vlasić and Sandra Perković took first and third place in the prestigious meeting of the Diamond League, from California heard the news of the excellent performance Croatian thr...

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Blanka Vlasić and Sandra Perković very successfully opened the outdoor season. The first meeting of the Diamond League in Doha Split citizen came to the fourth consecutive celebrations in the capital city of Quatar, the won jumped 198 cm in front of ...

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The Croatian leading athletes Blanka Vlašić and Sandra Perković will compete today on the first Diamond League Meeting in Doha, the first big sports event this season. The ladies from Split feel almost at home in Doha, the capital of Qatar, because ...

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The best worlds high jumper Blanka Vlašić will traditionally start on Friday, May 14th the new jumping season at the outdoors championship in Doha. The capital of Qatar is the host of the first in a series of fourteen Diamond League Meetings, a new s...

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The response of the volunteers who want to participate in the organization and implementation of the IAAF/VTB Bank Continental Cup has been great so far. The activities in regard of inviting all those who would like to support this great event as vol...

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The end of the football season, at least in Split, has marked the beginning of the works on the preparation of the athletic track in the Poljud stadium, where the best international athletes will compete on September 04th and 05th during the first IA...

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On September 04th and 05th 2010 Split will become the center of world's athletics, when the first Continental Cup will be hosted in the Poljud stadium. Selections from Europe, Africa, America and Asia & Oceania will compete for the title of the...

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The authorities of the city of Split have launched the project “Split for London 2012” for the partial financing and support of athletes, potential candidates for the coming up Olympic Games. For this occasion the deputy mayor Anđelka Visković held ...

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The official web site of the IAAF has opened a mini web pages Continental Cup where you can also find news and articles related to the major athletic event that will be held on September 4th and 5th in Split.   Read more http://www.iaaf.org/wc...

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In the athletics world, Croatian High Jump star Blanka Vlasic needs little introduction. At home in Split, the two-time World champion certainly doesn’t need one at all.   Read more http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=56580.html .  ...

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The national football team coach Slaven Bilić inspected on Tuesday the Poljud stadium to see if the football turf will be ready for the match against Greece, on September 07th, only two days after the IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup. For this occasi...

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The official website of the Continental Cup in athletics is launched on Monday, April 26th, 2010 on the “network of all networks”. On www.split2010cc.com you can find all information about this great competition in athletics that will be held on Sep...

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In the beginning of September Split will become the center of international athletic sport, when the selected teams of Europe, Africa, America – Asia and Oceania will compete for the title of the best continent in this first issue of the Continenta...

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The stadium in Poljud will look more like a construction site during the coming two months, because the works on preparing the best Croatian stadium for the Continental Cup in Athletics that will be held on September 04th and 05th this year, have sta...

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It is precisely 150 days until the start of the Continental Cup – the biggest athletic competition in this current year ! Split will host the stars and top athletes of the “Queen of sports” on September 04th and 05th, ahead of them our very own and ...

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Split will be the first city that will accommodate the new format of the IAAF competition known as the World Athletics Cup. It is a competition first held 1977th in Düsseldorf, after which hosts the World Cup were Montreal (1979th), Rome (1981.), Can...

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