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DN Galan tops Swedish Press |
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torsdag, 23 oktober 2008 22:22 |
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DN Galan continues to dominate as the most written about and media covered sport event in Sweden. With 2142 published articles, DN Galan far succeeded all other events such as Swedish Open (1720 articles), Scandinavian Masters (223) and Stockholm Marathon (404).
The numbers doesn’t surprise DN Galans Meeting Director Rajne Soderberg.
- “DN Galan, despite being a one day event, has over the last years expanded with events such as youth competition and street events producing an athletic week, says Soderberg. We have worked hard and have seen an increase comes to media interest and coverage for years and DN Galan provides the complete athletic package to capture audience as well as media.”
The number presented by the independent company Sponsring & Eventföreningen also concluded that sport events, in general, creates headlines and have a more dominate role in Swedish media compared to other events. Still, despite a high interest for sports there are only a few of the events able to keep their position from last year or had an increase in media attention and publicity. DN Galan has managed to do both.
Eventbarometern 2008 (last years position in parenthesis):
| Sport events: |
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| 1. DN Galan (1) |
2142 |
articles |
| 2. Swedish Open (6) |
1720 |
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| 3. Elitloppet (-) |
1473 |
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| 4. Finnkampen (2) |
1256 |
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| 5. Gothia Cup (4) |
695 |
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| 6. O-ringen (3) |
667 |
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| 7. Stockholm Marathon (8) |
404 |
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| 8. Falsterbo Horse Show (7) |
342 |
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| 9. Tjejmilen (-) |
248 |
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| 10. Vätternrundan (9) |
240 |
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| 11. Scandinavian Masters (5) |
223 |
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| 12. Vår Ruset (10) |
217 |
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| 13. Stochampionatet (11) |
191 |
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| Music festivals: |
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| 1. Hultsfredsfetivalen (1) |
1395 |
articles |
| 2. Peace & Love (7) |
1031 |
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| 3. Arvikafestivalen (4) |
785 |
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| 4. Stockholm/Euro Pride (2) |
624 |
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| 5. Stockholm Jazzfestival (5) |
490 |
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| 6. Sweden Rock Festival (3) |
457 |
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| 7. Östersjöfestivalen (-) |
403 |
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| 8. Way out West (6) |
296 |
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| Source: Sponsrings & Eventföreningen |
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The night when all the fans jumped! |
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torsdag, 24 juli 2008 22:35 |
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Meseret Defar delivered the second fastest race in history over 5 000 metres at the 42nd DN Galan, Tuesday July 22, 2008. 15 511 spectators voiced their enthusiasm as the diminutive Ethiopian, (155cm and 42 kilos) tried her best to beat the world record. After an unbelievable last lap in 60 seconds, she fell short by 1.73 seconds, but the time 14:12.88 was a new Stadium record.
- Today my feelings were good and I had a very nice time during the race because everyone at the Stadium supported me. Thank you!
The eyes of the world were watching the duel in the 100 metres between the new world record holder Usain Bolt and the former record holder Asafa Powell. Asafa got a great start and won in 9.88, one hundredth of a second to Usain. DN Galan was the only meeting between the Jamaicans in Europe.
Winners of 1-carat diamonds for Stadium records were:
Abubaker Kaki Khamis, Sudan, (1 000m – 2:13.93)
Dayron Robles, Cuba, (110m hurdles – 12.91)
Meseret Defar, Ethiopia, (5 000m – 14:12.88)
Yelena Isinbayeva, Russia, (pole vault – 4.85)
Honorary guests Tommie Smith and John Carlos whos quiet protest in the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City echoed all over the world, were welcomed with standing ovations.
Kajsa Bergqvist, the first DN Galan ambassador was celebrated for her fantastic career by, among other things a jump in unison by the spectators!
The national anthem was performed by Wei Wei and Rongedal together with singers from Adolf Fredriks children’s choir. The Chinese superstar also treated fans to a concert that included DN Galan’s song “Moment of Thruth” and the Olympic song “Follow the Dream”. |
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måndag, 21 juli 2008 20:14 |
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Theme song by Wei Wei and Rongedal |
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fredag, 11 juli 2008 12:26 |
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Wei Wei sings DN Galan’s theme song with Rongedal and welcomes you to the Olympic Games.
Wei Wei and Rongedal have written the tune “Moment of Truth” for DN Galan (Stockholm Super Grand Prix). The competition has been held annually since 1967 at Stockholm Stadion and is today one of the greatest in IAAF World Athletic Tour.
The collaboration was initiated when DN Galan invited the Olympic Games singer Wei Wei to the Gala last spring. Wei Wei, who some months earlier learnt to know the band Rongedal in Beijing, suggested that they would compose together. “Moment of Truth” is written in both English and Chinese and is the official theme song for DN Galan (Music: Rongedal, Lyrics: Wei Wei andRongedal. Produced by Pontus Frisk and Patricio Cabezas).
Global reach to a billion spectators
Wei Wei and the band Rongedal will perform at Stockholm Stadion on a scene built for this occasion. The appearance is included in the three hour long programme telecast by Swedish Television to TV channels all over the entire world: Eurosport, Chinese CCTV Olympic etc... The total reach is calculated to over a billion viewers and the telecast will be seen in Europe, China, Japan, North and South America, the Middle East, Australia, Indonesia and South Africa.
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More about DN Galan:
www.dngalan.com
Rajne Söderberg, Tävlingsdirektör -
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+46 8 141 241
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More about Wei Wei:
www.weiweimusic.com
Björn Bertoft, Manager -
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+46 70-770 2008 / +86 139 1111 5078
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More about Rongedal:
www.rongedal.se
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+46 8 714 95 14
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A duel for the history books? |
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onsdag, 09 juli 2008 17:55 |
The meeting between Jamaica´s Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell is a duel that meeting promoters have been dreaming about, but one that can only be seen at DN Galan, Tuesday, July 22.
New world record holder Usain Bolt ran 9,72 in May and is the favourite to win Olympic gold in Beijing, but he has to watch out for former record holder Asafa Powell who has the Stadium record with 9,86. A time that could be in jeopardy.
There will also be a duel in the women´s pole vault. A duel that has the potential to become historic.
Yelena Isinbayeva, the phenomenal Russian who has set 21 world records since 2003 and who is alone to have cleared five metres, (5.01), is coming to DN Galan for the fourth time. Last time she was in Stockholm she jumped 4.79 and received a 1-carat diamond for her Stadium record.
- Stockholm Olympic Stadium is good for pole vault, says Yelena who would love to get another diamond. It is possible to jump very high there.
She will face Jennifer Stuczynski who won the USA Olympic trials last week. After a new American record, (4.92), she made two attempts at 5.02.
- It is not unlikely that for the first time in history we will see two women jump five metres, says DN Galan´s meeting director Rajne Söderberg.
Isinbayeva became the first woman over five metres July 22, 2005. Now Jennifer Stuczynski can copy the achievement – three years to the day!
Keijo Liimatainen
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