Overview

• An opening ceremony aboard the Salonschiff Gräfin Cosel on the Elbe river will formally launch the Finals this afternoon.
• The first competitions commence Thursday at 12:30 p.m. in the Heinz-Steyer-Stadion with decathlon and heptathlon events before the program spreads across nine urban venues.
• Since Monday, organizers implemented street closures around the Terrassenufer, Pieschener Allee and other routes to ensure seamless access to sites within a 3.5-km radius of the Frauenkirche.
• Broadcasters ARD and ZDF will deliver about 30 hours of live television coverage and 100 hours of streaming from the Finals via their main channels and mediatheks.
• Saxony’s Sports Minister Armin Schuster hailed the Finals as a critical test run for a possible Olympic bid, underlining the region’s ambitions to host future Games.