The Olympic Stadium as you’ve never seen before. With four days to go before the start of the Roma 2024 European Athletics Championships, the atmosphere of the big event scheduled from 7-12 June, is already in the air at the Foro Italico Park.
The stadium has been set up following the unmistakable theme of Roma 2024, its colors, shapes and photos of some of the great champions who will compete for six consecutive days.
An event that has been awaited for 50 years will see more than 1,600 athletes representing 48 European federations competing in 24 different disciplines.
Just today the Eternal City welcomes the first superstars ready to perform at the Olympic Stadium: expected to arrive in the evening are world 400-meter hurdles champion Femke Bol (Netherlands) and European high jump queen Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine).
The new track of the Olympic Stadium is ready to host the competitions, which will officially begin Friday morning from 9:35 a.m. with the first qualifying session. At 6 p.m., the opening ceremony is scheduled in the Medal Plaza set up in the Fountain of the Sphere Square, open free to all and ready to welcome from 6:35 p.m. the passage of the athletes engaged in the first final of the European Atheltics Championships, the women’s 20km race walk, on a course designed inside the Foro Italico, with arrival inside the stadium.
Before taking the applauses of the fans inside the stadium – where entry will be allowed only to ticket and season ticket holders – the racewalkers will make 19 laps around the Medal Plaza and the Stadio dei Marmi, which has also been totally restored and equipped with a new athletics track. During the Championships, the athletes, surrounded by the magnificent marble statues, will use the facility as the main warm-up area for the event.
On 7 June will also celebrated the “School Day”: school students from all over Italy and their companions (relatives or teachers) will be able to enter the Curva Sud, Curva Nord and Distinti Sud stands for 1 euro.
The “Last Call” promotion also continues: all tickets and packages for Roma 2024 are on sale at a 40% discount here.
