all went very well
It was great pleasure to see teenagers all over the globe doing so well and giving the best of themselves. As an athletics fan and mother of one of these athletes, who competed in Lima I would love to have full access to streamings and oportunity to share all track and field events, not just semi-finale and grand finale. Unfortunatelly our country did not buy rights to share live stream or show the evants on the national television, which I considered such a shame. Unluckily my son had a mishap during the qualifications and got injured so he couldn't finish his race. He was devasted, of course because his dreams ended without showing his best. For us, parents who watched this sudden moment of injury from another continent and not knowing for 15 minutes what was going on the track it was a nightmare. Regarding of injury it turned out it is a minor injury and we hope his recovery is about not to be very long when he return home to Croatia. At the end I just want to point it out one important thing, considering organisation. My son told me that there was a lot of injuries during the competition and the athletes had to wait in call room a pretty long time between the warm up zone and getting out on the track, which is not good for the athlete performance and also can be dangerous for its health. Nevertheless it was a lifetime experience for us and for him, for sure. And we enjoyed in athletics every minute.
Fantastic efficient experience and congrats as Chairman of the Swiss-Irish Business Association I hope to promote 2025 with pleasure
Frank
Magnifique soirée !
My family and I attended the London Diamond League on 20th July.
I was on crutches and was immediately recognised by a helper and offered a wheelchair, we were then fast tracked through the accessibility entrance and to our block, where we able to use the lift to our level.
Getting to our seats was easy then. I was pleased to see that there was plenty of leg room, gaps between the seats and they were comfortable (padded).
It made it day easier and therefore so much more enjoyable as we had a good experience on arrival.
Excellent service
Plus the athletes put on stellar performances for us 🌟
Great day at the Athletics!
Enjoyed the event but was dissapointed at the lack of merchandise. Couldn't buy a baseball cap (Limited supply sold out before we got through the bridge ) and only 2 stalls and no polo shirts or drinks bottles . Need more choice of merchandise even at the 1 day event
Excellent
Easy to get to and loads of parking.
Stewards were all great and helpful.
The athletics was good to watch, and a good view from the seats.
The games out out for the kids were well used, perfect for when our son wanted a break.
Food was a bit costly for what it was, but overall a good day out.
Excellent well run games. The only issue that I have at such games is the fact that medals are no longer presented in the stadium. Whilst I understand that this can be disruptive to the smooth running of the event, there was definitely more than adequate time in the events programme to have allowed medal presentations in the stadium. I frankly think that it is disrespectful to any athlete to receive a medal at almost midnight.
Athletics fabulous, stadium great except toilets a disgrace, public transport to stadium diabolical, left stranded had to walk 7km back to hotel at midnight, day after had to leave early to make sure we got back safely. Taxi 30 euros!! Also no access to merchandise, couldn’t get all the way round the stadium, been to Germany twice had none of these problems would not go back to Rome.
European athletics championships was very good with various WL, CR, ER, PB, SB and NR by many athletes.
Entrance into stadium could have been made better with more gates being open. The final night was extremely bad and major delays getting in.
Getting taxis after the event was extremely difficult where perhaps an area dedicated to taxis would have helped.
However a thoroughly enjoyable week spent in a fantastic City
Poor organisation with regards to entry to the venue. Wouldn’t allow drinks bottles in so had to purchase single use water bottles from concessions which were, as usual, overpriced so despite the use of hybrid Toyota vehicles to ferry the numerous hangers on around it was not eco friendly or green. Sound system within the stadium was not clear, very muffled. Poorly attended unlike UK events which would be sold out.
Attended on 3 evenings. Lack of atmosphere due to numbers!
Should have thought about closing higher up do all spectators together
One evening seats by the raised jumping area- couldn’t see the track!
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Weather perfect! Many fans, All of our favorites there!
The athletics was good, just spoiled slightly by 2 of the 3 teenagers working on the entrance to gate g, they were busy on their phones and talking to friends in the way of spectators. One of the young men was excellent but got no back up from the other 2.
Brilliant!
It was amazing.
Too expensive…