The sixth SI get-together rises to world-class level. On the tartan track, 500 kids from originally 125,000 participants compete in the UBS Kids Cup. Sabine Keller-Busse, head of UBS Switzerland, hands out prizes: “I am enthusiastic about the atmosphere, the passion and joy of the boys.” Meanwhile, an illustrious group is meeting in the Letzigrund Stadium. The Bernese sprinter Mujinga Kambundji, 29, world championship bronze medalist over 200 meters and over 100 meters in Letzigrund stopped in a new personal best (10.94), her Thurgau colleague, 400-meter hurdler Yasmin Giger, 21, the Zurich UBS regional director Stephan Stotz, 51, and SI reader Claudia Rebsamen, 43, psychologist from Hochfelden ZH, and reader Stephan Zulauf, 62, master hairdresser from Schinznach Dorf AG. In 2015 he won the European title in his age category over 400 meters.
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