MEDIA INFORMATION 2018 Welcome to Bislett The Bislett Alliance is delighted to welcome you to Oslo for truly world class athletics at the Bislett Stadium on 7 June 2018. First held in 1966, the Oslo Bislett Games is the fifth event in this year’s IAAF Diamond League series following Doha, Shanghai, Eugene and Rome. With quality fields in all events, including more Olympic Champions, World Champions and European Championships than ever before, we are set for yet another exciting evening at Bislett. The upcoming European Championships in Berlin this August makes the competitions even more important as the athletes are looking to find their best form. The Bislett Stadium is known globally as “the World Record Track”, testimony to the 69 world records in athletics that have been established at this unique stadium. Bislett is equally well known for the electric atmosphere in the stadium and its knowledgeable spectators that encourage and support all competitors. As a part of the ambition of Oslo Bislett Games to become the most sustainable international athletics meeting in the world, all transport is to be completely emission free from the moment the athletes arrive in Norway. Moreover, the athletes will travel by train to the next IAAF Diamond League meeting, Bauhaus-galan in Stockholm. I hope this guide will help you in your work and answer your questions. Please see oslo.diamondleague.com for all the latest information, including start lists and the standings in the IAAF Diamond League Road to the final. The web site will be continuously updated with results during the meeting. I wish you an enjoyable evening! Solveig Høyland Press Chief Weather forecast for Thursday evening 0mm 26°C Gentle breeze 4 m/s from south Oslo Bislett Games Media Kit 1st edition 5 June 2018 Page 1 of 46 Velkommen til Bislett Bislett Alliansen ønsker velkommen til friidrettsfest på Bislett 7. juni. Oslo Bislett Games er det femte stevnet i årets IAAF Diamond League etter Doha, Shanghai, Eugene og Roma. Det er sterke startfelt i alle øvelsene. Flere olympiske mestre, verdens- mestre og europamestre enn noen gang er klare til dyst, så alt bør ligge til rette for nok en fantastisk friidrettskveld på Bislett med spennende oppgjør og gode resultater. EM i London i august gjør at konkurransene blir ekstra viktige for utøvere som jakter mesterskapsform. I år stiller ikke minst en norsk verdensmester på startstreken, Karsten Warholm, i godt selskap med flere andre norske utøvere som er med og hevder seg i kampen mot den ypperste verdenseliten: Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal, Henrik, Filip og Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Isabelle Pedersen, Hedda Hynne og Sondre Norstad Moen. Bislett Games ble arrangert for første gang i 1966, og «The World Record Track» ble etter hvert et begrep. Med sine 69 verdensrekorder er det ingen andre steder det er satt flere verdensrekorder enn på Bislett. Den intime atmosfæren og det kyndige og entusiastiske publikumet bærer utøverne fram til topp prestasjoner. Oslo Bislett Games har som mål å bli verdens mest bærekraftige internasjonale friidretts- stevne og sørger derfor for at fra det øyeblikket utøverne kommer til Norge, er all transport helt utslippsfri, og når utøverne reiser videre til neste IAAF Diamond League-stevne, Bauhaus-galan i Stockholm, skjer det med tog. Jeg håper dette heftet vil hjelpe deg i arbeidet og gi svar på de spørsmål du måtte ha. Du finner alt av oppdatert informasjon på oslo.diamondleague.com, blant annet startlister og stillingen i IAAF Diamond League – Road to the Final, og nettsiden oppdateres fortløpende med resultater under stevnet. Vel møtt! Solveig Høyland Presseansvarlig Værmelding for torsdag kveld 0 mm 26°C Lett bris, 4 m/s fra sør Oslo Bislett Games Media Kit 1st edition 5 June 2018 Page 2 of 46 Content 1. General information ....................................................................... 4 2. IAAF Diamond League .................................................................... 9 3. Contact Information ..................................................................... 10 4. Time schedule............................................................................... 18 5. Find your seat in the media tribune ............................................. 19 6. Road to the Final – Standings ...................................................... 21 7. History of the Bislett stadium and the Bislett Games .................. 36 8. Track and field records at Bislett .................................................. 42 9. Bislett, The World Record Track ................................................... 43 10. European Championships Entry Standards .................................. 45 Innhold 1. Generell informasjon .................................................................... 11 2. IAAF Diamond League .................................................................. 16 3. Kontaktinformasjon ...................................................................... 17 4. Tidsskjema .................................................................................... 18 5. Oversikt over plassering på pressetribunen................................. 19 6. Stillingen i IAAF Diamond League – Veien til finalen ................... 21 7. Historien til Bislett stadion og Bislett Games ............................... 39 8. Banerekorder på Bislett ............................................................... 42 9. Verdensrekorder på Bislett .......................................................... 43 10. Kvalifiseringskrav til EM i Berlin .................................................. 45 Oslo Bislett Games Media Kit 1st edition 5 June 2018 Page 3 of 46 General Information Meeting and media hotel PLEASE NOTE Thon Hotel Opera Home page Dronning Eufemias gate 4 View in map There is cabled Internet access only 0191 Oslo at the Bislett stadium. Please bring an Press Centre USB-to-Ethernet adaptor if your PC or Mac does not have an Ethernet port. The sub-press centre is located at the meeting and media hotel, Thon Hotel Opera. Opening hours Tuesday 5 June 09:00–20:00 Wednesday 6 June 10:00–22:00 (limited availability during the strawberry party) Thursday 7 June 08:00–15:00 The Press centre relocates to Bislett Stadium at 16:00 on 7 June. Press Centre at Bislett Stadium (7 June only) The press centre is located on the same level as the track, two floors down from the entrance, which is in Sofies gate, between areas I and J in the illustration below. Address: Bislettgata 1, 0168 Oslo View in map Internet access and working areas There is a working area with desk seating space at the sub-press centre at Thon Hotel Opera and at the press centre at Bislett Stadium. Wireless Internet access is available at the sub- press centre, whereas there is cabled Internet access only at the press centre and in the media tribune at Bislett Stadium. For photographers, there are wired access points in the photo tribune and in the photo room next to the press centre. Oslo Bislett Games Media Kit 1st edition 5 June 2018 Page 4 of 46 Picking up your accreditation card Accreditation cards must be picked up in person. The cards can be collected at the sub-press centre during the opening hours (see above) except for on the day of the meeting when the accreditation cards can be collected until 14:00 at the sub-press centre and then outside the press entrance at Bislett Stadium from around 15:30 until 19:00. Please note: On Wednesday 6 June, accreditation cards can be picked up at the Strawberry Party at Oslo City Hall from approximately 16:30 until 18:30. For practical reasons, it is therefore not possible to pick up accreditation cards at the sub-press centre at Thon Hotel Opera between 16:00 and 19:30 the same day. Press Photography All photographers with infield access have to wear an IAAF Diamond League photo vest. The names of the photographers who have been given an Infield Pass will be announced in the sub-press centre at the Thon Hotel Opera at around 20:00 on Wednesday 6 June. There will be a photographers’ briefing and handing out of the photo vests at the Bislett Stadium on Thursday 7 June at 16:30. The briefing is mandatory for all photographers with infield access. Please be at the press centre at the stadium at 16:15. Deposit: NOK 300 / EUR 30 (or a similar amount in another currency) or press card. There are no-go-zones for the infield photographers. Procedures during the meeting Interviews with athletes Athletes will pass through the mixed zone after finishing their event. Mixed zone order: NRK (host broadcaster), unilateral TV of athlete’s country and other unilaterals. Non-rights holding radio and TV, and newspapers (videographers) are given a position in the indoors mixed zone. Press conferences Press conferences during the meeting will be announced on boards in the press centre and in the media tribune. The press centre room is right next to the press centre. Refreshments Press guides will bring refreshments to the commentary boxes before the meeting. Light refreshments and soft drinks are available in the press centre during the meeting. Oslo Bislett Games Media Kit 1st edition 5 June 2018 Page 5 of 46 Media Events Press Conferences The following press conferences are scheduled ahead of the meeting (subject to change). Any changes will be announced in the Media Information section of the Oslo Bislett Games home page. Monday 4 June Thon Hotel Opera, meeting room Kvinten 1 16:30 Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal (NOR) 3000m Steeplechase Karsten Warholm (NOR) 400m hurdles Tuesday 5 June Thon Hotel Opera, meeting room