The Swiss club championships next Saturday will mark the end of the season for many athletes. At the NLA competition in Winterthur, LC Zurich will compete as defending champions in the women’s and men’s categories.
Around four and a half months after the national athletics season was launched at the end of April with the first outdoor meetings, the Swiss club championships are back in business for many athletes. In the Deutweg Stadium in Winterthur, where two days of great Swiss championships took place at the end of June, eight clubs and athletics communities each will compete in the National League A for women and men. The LC Zurich teams, which won both titles in Martigny last year, are the hunted ones. Now the Zurich team is aiming for the next double.
Farewell to Salome Lang, Dominik Alberto and Benjamin Gföhler
While the SVM competition is the last event of the season for many athletes before they look ahead again and start preparing for the next year, others are even experiencing the last appearance of their career as competitive athletes. This time, this applies to Salome Lang (Old Boys Basel), the Swiss record holder in the high jump, Dominik Alberto (LC Zurich), the Swiss co-record holder in the pole vault, and Benjamin Gföhler (LC Zurich), number four on the all-time Swiss long jump list. They are saying goodbye to competitive sport at the end of this season.
The competitions in Winterthur last from 11 a.m. to around 5 p.m. The NLB competition takes place in St. Gallen, the NLC and Promotionsliga competition in Riehen.
Winterthur. Swiss Club Championships (NLA). The participating clubs and athletics communities. Men: LC Zurich, LG Züri+, STB, LG Basel Regio, LC Schaffhausen, Stade Genève, COA Valais Romand, LG Thun.
Women: LC Zurich, STB, LV Winterthur, LG Oberthurgau, BTV Aarau, LG Basel Regio, LG LZ Oberaargau, LG Zuri+.
Link to the NLA competition in Winterthur
Link to the NLB competition in St. Gallen
Link to the NLC competition in Riehen
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