IAAF Athens World Challenge 2010 Tsiklitiria, Athína, 12.07.2010

The Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria is an annual athletics event at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece that takes place in July as part of the IAAF Grand Prix. It was first organized in 1998. Over the course of its history, numerous world records have been set at the Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria.

The internationally renowned track and field meeting Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria proudly celebrates its 12th anniversary: twelve years of triumphant presence and continuous action in the world of athletics.  Panellinios Athletic Club has been organizing the event yearly and in just a short time it has managed to secure a place among the top international meetings with a long tradition in Europe.  Driven by their passion and love for classical athletics, the organizers of the Athens Grand Prix present each year the world's top athletes in track and field events.  The four world records and dozens of top performances achieved at the Athens Grand Prix by Olympic and world champions have made it famous all over the world, so that every July it constitutes one of the most important events of classical athletics in Europe.  The fine organization and the top athletic performances of "Tsiklitiria" have repeatedly been praised by the most acclaimed international media, as well as by IAAF itself. 

Greek sports fans of all ages will meet again in the Athens Olympic Stadium on Monday 13th July to cheer and applaud the famous champions who promise to offer us thrilling moments with their fantastic performances in all 18 events. This year's event in Athens will give additional incentive to the most brilliant stars of athletics to try their best just a few weeks before the most important sporting event of 2009, the 12th World Athletics Championships to be held in the Berlin Olympic Stadium from August 15th to 23rd.  Moved by the passion for sport and the spirit of noble emulation, we are looking forward to organizing another excellent Athens Grand Prix.  Committed to our original vision, we continue with the same enthusiasm and aim at a future of Greek sport which will form a legacy for the younger generation of our country.

News

2009: Campbell-Brown wins 100m in Athens – Full Report

ATHENS — World champion Veronica Campbell-Brown won the women's 100m at the IAAF Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria 2009 meeting at the Olympic Stadium in Greece on Monday. ...more

2005: Jamaican breaks Montgomery's record

ATHENS, Greece -- Asafa Powell set a world record in the men's 100 meters Tuesday, clocking 9.77 seconds at the Tsiklitiria Super Grand Prix meeting. ...more

2005: Powell Sets World Record in 100

Jamaican Asafa Powell, who took up sprinting just four years ago, yesterday set a world record of 9.77 seconds in the 100 meters to earn the title of World's Fastest Man at age 22. ...more

2008: Usain Bolt runs year's fastest time in 200m at Tsiklitiria Athens Grand Prix

ATHENS - Usain Bolt, the 100-meter world record-holder, ran the fastest time in the 200 this year, winning in 19.67 seconds Sunday at the Tsiklitiria Athens Grand Prix track meet. ...more

Results 2009

• Athens Grand Prix 2009

General information (Geography)

Athens, the capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the world's oldest cities, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years.

The Greek capital has a population of 745,514 (in 2001) within its administrative limits and a land area of 39 km2 (15 sq mi). The urban area of Athens extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3,130,841 (in 2001)[1] and a land area of 412 km2 (159 sq mi). According to Eurostat, the Athens Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) is the 8th most populous LUZ in the European Union (the 4th most populous capital city of the EU) with a population of 4,013,368 (in 2004). A bustling and cosmopolitan metropolis, Athens is central to economic, financial, industrial, political and cultural life in Greece and it is rated as an alpha- world city.[5] It is rapidly becoming a leading business centre in the European Union. In 2008, Athens was ranked the world's 32nd richest city by purchasing power and the 25th most expensive[7] in a UBS study.

Athens experiences a hot-summer Mediterranean climate with extremely long periods of sunshine throughout the year and with the greatest amounts of precipitation mainly occurring from mid-October to mid-April; any precipitation is sparse during summer and it generally takes the form of showers and/or thunderstorms. Due to its location in a rain shadow because of Mount Parnitha the Athenian climate is much drier compared to most of the rest of Mediterranean Europe.

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