Nagl will new ice sport centre for Special Olympics

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Mayor of Graz Siegfried Nagl from the ÖVP is supporting the bid for a new Ice Skating Hall in Graz and hopes it can attract federal funding. The planned ice centre would be for the Special Olympics which take place in 2017 in Graz. Under the motto ‘Heartbeat for the World” around 3000 sports people […]

Runners fired up for Linz Marathon

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Tens of thousands of runners and fans are at the ready for this Sunday’s Linz Marathon (start: 9am).More than 15,000 professional and hobby athletes will compete in the event (www.linz-marathon.at) which has developed into one of Austria’s biggest sports competitions. Around 250 paramedics will be on the ground to look after injured and exhausted runners.Organisers […]