golden roof challenge : 8 videos

The well-known pole vault and long jump event, The Golden Roof Challenge, Home of the Golden Fly Series, took place for the 19th time in the heart of Innsbruck, Austria. For the first time ever, this event is included in the WACT (World Athletics Continental Tour) from the International Athletics Federation IAAF. This allows the invited top athletes to collect important world ranking points for the qualification to the 2023 World Championships and the 2024 Olympic Games next year. Twenty-two...

The well-known pole vault and long jump event, The Golden Roof Challenge, Home of the Golden Fly Series, took place for the 19th time in the heart of Innsbruck, Austria. For the first time ever, this event is included in the WACT (World Athletics Continental Tour) from the International Athletics Federation IAAF. This allows the invited top athletes to collect important world ranking points for the qualification to the 2023 World Championships and the 2024 Olympic Games next year. Twenty-two...

Last night’s 13th International Golden Roof Challenge played out before the Golden Roof in Innsbruck, the home of the Golden Fly Series. A highlight in the athletics season, this elite in-city event inspired thousands of fans in the inner city. The gods looked kindly on the competitors and after an intense downpour shortly before the warm-up, the weather cleared and there was nothing to prevent the competitions going ahead. Unfortunately, a warm-up collision meant that two athletes - Rebe...

Last night’s 13th International Golden Roof Challenge played out before the Golden Roof in Innsbruck, the home of the Golden Fly Series. A highlight in the athletics season, this elite in-city event inspired thousands of fans in the inner city. The gods looked kindly on the competitors and after an intense downpour shortly before the warm-up, the weather cleared and there was nothing to prevent the competitions going ahead. The men's long jump gave first-class results, with the magical 8 m...

Under perfect conditions, the world’s elite in pole vault and long jump provided great sports action at the 12th International Golden Roof Challenge in Innsbruck (AUT). The annual classic excited the audience with great performances and emotions on the “FlySwat”, the world’s largest mobile track and field facility (length 72.3 metres long and weight 25 tons). The athletes jumped right in the historic city center – directly in front of the “Golden Roof”, the landmark of the Olympic city of In...

Under perfect conditions, the world’s elite in pole vault and long jump provided great sports action at the 12th International Golden Roof Challenge in Innsbruck (AUT). The annual classic excited the audience with great performances and emotions on the “FlySwat”, the world’s largest mobile track and field facility (length 72.3 metres long and weight 25 tons). The athletes jumped right in the historic city center – directly in front of the “Golden Roof”, the landmark of the Olympic city of In...

Saturday evening, Innsbruck saw a veritable firework display of athletic performance at the kick-off of the Golden Fly Series. With its best start list since the creation of this well-loved in-city event, the show was as exciting as could be anticipated! In perfect conditions, the performances on the FlySwat were outstanding. The Men’s Pole Vault competition was in the hands of Portugal’s Edi Maia who won with a jump of 5.50m having gone out of the competition when he failed to jump the Wo...

Saturday evening, Innsbruck saw a veritable firework display of athletic performance at the kick-off of the Golden Fly Series. With its best start list since the creation of this well-loved in-city event, the show was as exciting as could be anticipated! In perfect conditions, the performances on the FlySwat were outstanding. The highlight of the evening was the long jump competition. A radar coupled laser-line, developed by Armin Margreiter and Fa. Medialas made its world premiere. A lase...