The Stockholm public will also be happy to welcome back a familiar star in New Zealand\u2019s Valerie Adams. She has won everything possible in international shot putting including dominating her event in the Swedish capital for many years. This year, in which the women\u2019s shot is an IAAF Diamond League event, Valerie will be challenged by world leader, Christina Schwanitz, from Germany and American star, Michelle Carter. <\/p>\n
The Big Shot will be organized in partnership with BAUHAUS and the City of Stockholm. In addition to the Diamond League women\u2019s event, there will be a national youth and a senior men\u2019s competition and \u2019have-a-go\u2019 sessions for children, young people and adults.<\/p>\n
Jan Kowalski, Chairman of Stadionklubbarna, which organises the Stockholm Diamond League is grateful to the event\u2019s title sponsor BAUHAUS for enabling an expansion of the event.
It is great that we are able to bring back the Big Shot. For the first time in Stadionklubbarna\u2019s history we have a week in Stockholm full of athletics activities, starting in Kungstr\u00e4dg\u00e5rden on Monday 27 July with two days of children\u2019s athletics, followed by Big Shot and then moving to the Olympic Stadium for the Diamond League meeting, a 1000m fun run and finishing with a weekend of international youth competition.<\/p>\n
Johan Stor\u00e5kers<\/i><\/p>\n
Photo: Valerie Adams (top) and Christina Schwanitz, to the right, at the 2014 World Indoor Chamionships in Poland. Photo: Deca Text&bild<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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