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World-class athletics at the INDOOR MEETING in Karlsruhe: will broadcast the event on Saturday, February 3rd, live on free TV

• Dirc Seemann, editor in chief and content director at SPORT1: “SPORT1 will extend its already enormous portfolio with this top-class athletic event and will also offer multimedia material about this prestigious competition on SPORT1 and in its apps.” • Martin Wacker, managing director of the host company KARLSRUHE EVENT GmbH: “For us, as the first stop on the IAAF WORLD INDOOR TOUR, this means the best possible national coverage at prime time.”

Ismaning, December 19th 2017 – The Karlsruhe INDOOR MEETING is back on SPORT1. The top- class athletic event will air on ’s leading 360° sports platform for the first time since 2003. SPORT1 will broadcast the traditional competition on Saturday, the 3rd of February, 2018, from 6.30 pm to 8.00 pm, live on free TV as well as via Facebook Live and YouTube. There will also be a free online livestream at SPORT1.de from 4.30 pm to 8.10 pm. For over three decades, Olympic champions and World champions have presented themselves in Baden at the beginning of the year. This year, the event in Karlsruhe will simultaneously kick off the IAAF World Indoor Tour. The event, hosted by KARLSRUHE EVENT GmbH, will be full of stars: Renaud Lavillenie from France, world record holder and Olympic pole vault champion, the German sprinter Gina Lückenkemper, and the German hurdler Pamela Dutkiewicz will be there, along with many other top-class international and national athletes at the Meeting. Events on the agenda include pole vault, long jump, 60 metres, 800 metres, and 3000 metres for the men, and high jump, long jump, 60 metres, 60 metre hurdles, 400 metres, and 1500 metres for the women.

Dirc Seemann, editor in chief and content director at SPORT1: “The IAAF Karlsruhe Indoor Meeting is an important date on the international athletics calendar. SPORT1 will extend its already enormous portfolio with this top-class athletic event and will also offer multimedia material about this prestigious competition on SPORT1 and in its apps.”

Martin Wacker, managing director of the hosting company KARLSRUHE EVENT GmbH: “SPORT1 stands for high-quality live sport, renowned sport expertise, and knowledgeable and entertaining reporting. For us, as the first stop on the IAAF WORLD INDOOR TOUR, this means the best possible national coverage at prime time. We are now ‘front and centre’ in mainstream entertainment and will reach sports fans all over Germany!”

About the INDOOR MEETING Karlsruhe The INDOOR MEETING Karlsruhe stands for athletic sports on the highest level. An audience of more than 4,500 people have experienced legendary moments live, such as when the Ethiopian Genzebe Dibaba set the indoor world record for the 1500 metres in 2014. Since 2016, Karlsruhe has been part of the indoor athletic series IAAF World Indoor Tour, founded by the International Association of Athletics Federation IAAF. In 2018 the IAAF World Indoor Tour will start in Karlsruhe and stop in Düsseldorf, Torun, Madrid, Boston, and Glasgow.

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