12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics berlin 2009™
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| Current events Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 |
The spectacular athletics event berlin 2009™ will be broadcasted in over 190 countries
Exactly one month before the start of the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics berlin 2009™, the television stations ARD and ZDF presented their concept for the television broadcast of the world’s largest sports event of the year in Berlin: The TV images from Berlin will be broadcasted in more than 190 countries around the world. The Norwegian cult band “a-ha” provides the official World Championships’ song, the current hit “Foot of the Mountain”. The World Championships’ Organising Committee also presented four more business partners for berlin 2009™.
| Aktuelles Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 |
ARAG supports the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics berlin 2009™ as a National Supplier
ARAG becomes a new National Supplier of the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics berlin 2009™. The World Championships’ Organising Committee BOC presented the worldwide leading sports insurance company as a new business partner today, Wednesday, July 15, 2009.
| Aktuelles Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 |
Sport Equipment Manufacturer Benz Becomes a National Supplier of the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics berlin 2009™
The Gotthilf Benz Turngerätefabrik GmbH & Co. KG becomes a National Supplier for the area of sports equipment for the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics berlin 2009™. The southern German sports equipment manufacturer has partnered with athletics for years and has already played an important role supporting the World Championships in Stuttgart in 1993.
| Aktuelles Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 |
Berliner Pilsner Becomes a National Supplier of berlin 2009™
The premium beer, Berliner Pilsner, is another Berlin brand to become a National Supplier of the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics berlin 2009™. The premium Berlin beer will begin immediately with a comprehensive advertising campaign to promote the World Championships in Athletics on about 10 million bottle labels in the upcoming weeks, as well as promoting this year’s largest sports event in the world on its website, www.berliner-pilsner.de.
| Aktuelles Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 |
Coca-Cola Becomes a National Supplier of the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics berlin 2009™
The Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetränke AG Berlin becomes a National Supplier for the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics berlin 2009™. As a long-time partner of sports and of the IAAF, Coca-Cola will be supporting the World Championships with its sports drinks, Powerade sports, and its water, ViO, made by Apollinaris.
| Aktuelles Monday, July 6th, 2009 |
Great Results and good crowds in Ulm, as German stars get ready for Berlin
Packed spectator tribunes greeted the German Championships in Ulm last weekend (4 / 5), as the athletes of host nation geared-up for the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Berlin, Germany (15 – 23 Aug).
Among the standout performers were European Indoor record holder Sebastian Bayer in the Long Jump, 2.06m national record holder Ariane Friedrich in the women’s High Jump, World Silver medallist Robert Harting in the Discus Throw, and European Indoor silver medallist Silke Spiegelburg in the women’s Pole Vault.
| Aktuelles Sunday, July 5th, 2009 |
Harting and Spiegelburg produce highlights in Ulm – German Champs, Day 2
Robert Harting and Silke Spiegelburg produced the highlights on day two of the German Championships in Ulm on Sunday (5), which saw packed spectors tribunes and another crowd of 15,000.
The Berlin discus thrower took his event with 67.69m, while the European Indoor silver medallist in the women’s Pole Vault cleared 4.65m to clinch that title. Both clearly could do very well in the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Berlin, Germany (15 – 23 August).
| Aktuelles Saturday, July 4th, 2009 |
Bayer secures Berlin ticket with 8.49m leap, Friedrich clears 2.01m – German Champs, Day 1
On the final day of the European Indoor Championships in Turin in March Sebastian Bayer had caused the sensation of the weekend with a 8.71m Long Jump, a European indoor record. Now on day one (4) of the German Championships in the southern city of Ulm it was again Bayer who produced the highlight.
There was a lot at stake for Germany’s newest athletics star and he showed that he can handle quite a bit of pressure. When he started the competition he had not yet achieved the qualification standard for the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Berlin, Germany, (15 – 23 August). But with a superb 8.49m leap Bayer left no doubts: he is back in top form just in time.
| Aktuelles Saturday, May 30th, 2009 |
Raúl Spank and Robin Schembera went to Berlin for the DFB Football Cup Finals
Two of the “German Faces of the World Championships”, Robin Schembera (800m/ TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen) and Raúl Spank (High Jump/ Dresdner SC 1898), as well as the mascot of the World Championships, Berlino, were part of the DFB (German Football Association) Football Cup Finals in the Berlin Olympic Stadium on Saturday, May 30, 2009.
| Aktuelles Friday, May 29th, 2009 |
Berlino welcomes guests at the Golden Sports Pyramid (Goldene Sportpyramide)
On Friday, May 29, 2009, Berlino welcomed the guests on the red carpet at the 10th anniversary gala event, the Golden Sports Pyramid, at the Adlon Hotel in Berlin.
“We are pleased to be here at the Golden Sports Pyramid gala together with Berlino to promote the most important sporting event of the world in the year 2009,” said Dr. Clemens Prokop, Executive President of the World Championships’ Organising Committee and President of the German Athletics Association (DLV) in preparation of the event.
| Aktuelles Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 |
sanofi-aventis to be a National Supplier of the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics berlin 2009™
Today, Tuesday, May 26, 2009, the World Championships’ Organising Committee BOC announced sanofi-aventis as the next National Supplier of the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics berlin 2009™. The international pharmaceuticals company with an important production and research location in Germany will get involved in the Championships with its diabetes prevention programme.
| Aktuelles Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 |
World Championships' Organising Committee Presents berlin 2009™ - Cultural Programme
The World Championships' Organising Committee presented the cultural programme for the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics berlin 2009™. Not only will the best track and field athletes in the world compete in the German capital from August 15-23, 2009, but Berliners and the city’s guests will also have an opportunity to enjoy a special cultural programme that will take place in celebration of this great occasion. At the Academy of the Arts (Akademie der Künste) at the Brandenburg Gate, Klaus Wowereit, Governing Mayor of Berlin and President of the World Championships' Organising Committee, presented the most important components of the cultural programme that will be accompanying berlin 2009™. The Federal Ministry of the Interior is supporting the cultural programme for the Championships with 2 million Euros.
| Aktuelles Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 |
berlin 2009™ Roadshow on tour through Germany
Today at the Brandenburg Gate, the World Championships Berlin Organising Committee for the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics berlin 2009™ was joined by Klaus Wowereit, the Governing Mayor of Berlin, to present the berlin 2009™-Roadshow, which will begin its tour through Germany’s 60 biggest cities on May 7.
Together with the official IAAF automobile partner, TOYOTA, and the national partner, Deutsche Post, the World Championships Organising Committee is “Für die Umwelt am Start” (“Starting for the Environment”) at the largest sporting event of the year.
| Aktuelles Monday, April 27th, 2009 |
Berlino is greeting everyone prominently from the TV Tower
114 days before the start of the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics berlin 2009™, the World Championships mascot, Berlino, took his place on the TV Tower at Alexanderplatz on Wednesday, April 22, 2009, to welcome all Berliners and guests in the capital.
To welcome the installation of the mascot on the TV Tower, Berlino and the executive president of the World Championships organising committee and president of the German Athletics Association, Dr. Clemens Prokop, were on hand at Alexanderplatz.
| Aktuelles Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 |
German Minister of Finance, Peer Steinbrück, presents the commemorative coin and postage stamp series for the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics berlin 2009™
On Tuesday, March 31, 2009, the German Minister of Finance Peer Steinbrück presented the 10-euro commemorative coin “IAAF Leichtathletik WM Berlin 2009” (IAAF World Championships in Athletics Berlin 2009) and the postage stamp series “Für den Sport” (For Sports) in honour of the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics berlin 2009™.
| Aktuelles Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 |
IAAF World Championships Organising Committee now drives Toyota iQ and Avensis
For the fourth time, Toyota is an Official Partner of the IAAF World Championships in Athletics and, together with the National Partner Deutsche Post, is “Starting for the Environment” (“Für die Umwelt am Start”).
From now on, the IAAF World Championships Organising Committee, BOC, will be moving about the capital in five new Toyota iQs and seventeen Avensis’. Toyota and Deutsche Post also announced a joint campaign “Starting for the Environment”.
Michael Mronz, Steering Board Member of the World Championships Berlin Organising Committee, is especially pleased about the little iQ city cars: “The Toyota iQ cars will be a fabulous help for us in the Berlin city traffic during our preparations of the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics berlin 2009™.
| Aktuelles Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 |
World Championships Mascot is Named “Berlino”
Following the presentation of 17 active German track and field athletes who are the German “Faces of the World Championships” last Monday, today the World Championships Organising Committee berlin 2009™ presented the 18th face (now with a name to go with it) of the World Championships: The official mascot for the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics is named “Berlino”.
| Aktuelles Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 |
World Championships Organising Committee Presents 17 German “Faces of the World Championships”
The Berlin Organising Committee for the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics berlin 2009™ presented the German “Faces of the World Championships” at a reception in the Red Town Hall (Rotes Rathaus) Berlin, hosted by the Governing Mayor of Berlin and President of the World Championships Organising Committee, Klaus Wowereit. In the upcoming months leading up to berlin 2009™, these top German athletes will be helping to further increase enthusiasm for the worldwide largest sports event of the year.
| Aktuelles Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 |
Long Jump Sensation Sebastian Bayer: In the Footsteps of Bob Beamon
Five months before the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics berlin 2009™, Germany (15 – 23 August 2009) the host nation has suddenly found a new athletics star.
Sebastian Bayer’s breathtaking performance at the European Indoor Championships on Sunday (8) came totally out of the blue and was not something anyone expected least the athlete himself.
| Aktuelles Tuesday, February 10th, 2009 |
The sports gala “Ball des Sports” in Wiesbaden focuses on the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics berlin 2009™
The “Ball des Sports” took place in the Rhein-Main-Hallen complex in Wiesbaden (Saturday, February 7, 2009) under the motto “Der Lauf der Welt” (The Way the World Runs), and in anticipation of the largest sporting event of the year, it had berlin 2009™ as a central theme.
| Aktuelles Friday, February 6th, 2009 |
German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel receives the World Championships organising committee and leading representatives from the areas of politics, business, and television in the Federal Chancellery
On Friday, February 6, 2009, the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Dr. Angela Merkel, received the organising committee for the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics berlin 2009™ (BOC), two top athletes from the German Athletics Association (DLV), and leading representatives from the areas of politics, business, and television at a luncheon in the Federal Chancellery.
| Aktuelles Thursday, February 5th, 2009 |
Vattenfall Europe AG becomes the second national partner for the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics berlin 2009™
The Berlin energy supplier, Vattenfall Europe AG, will be a national partner for the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics berlin 2009™. Klaus Wowereit, the mayor of Berlin, presented Vattenfall as strong partner for the World Championships in Athletics and the state of Berlin. At a press conference in the Red City Hall, the World Championships organising committee also presented the current status of their preparations.
| Aktuelles Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 |
Final spurt in the volunteer application phase for berlin 2009™
Anyone interested has until Saturday, January 31, 2009 to apply to become a volunteer for the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics berlin 2009™.
| Aktuelles Friday, January 23rd, 2009 |
BOC presents the official mascot of the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics berlin 2009™
Last night during the ZDF television show “Johannes B. Kerner”, Klaus Wowereit, the mayor of Berlin and president of the World Championships organising committee, presented the mascot for the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics berlin 2009™ to the public.
| Aktuelles Thursday, January 1st, 2009 |
New Year’s greetings from Dr. Clemens Prokop, the president of the World Championships organising committee
Dear fans of athletics and berlin 2009™,
as the new year arrives, we would like to wish you all the best—good health and a successful 2009.
After the Football World Cup in 2006, the World Equestrian Games in 2006, and the Handball World Championships in 2007, with the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics berlin 2009™, Germany once again has the opportunity to present itself to the world as an excellent host of one of the most important major sporting events in the world.
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