The Garmin Barcelona Triathlon is one of the most popular Triathlon in Spain. In 2009 around 3500 triathletes from 24 countries registered for the event in Barcelona. The 2010 Barcelona triathlon is open to professionals and amateurs alike who compete in three different categories: super sprint, sprint and Olympic. Teams can compete in the sprint and Olympic categories.  In 2009 the event took place in the Sant Marti district of Barcelona.

Visit the Garmin Barcelona Triathlon website for more information.

Two days walking in Barcelona

New walks very interesting. 10, 20 and 30 Km that will let you discover the beautiful city of Barcelona. 

The International Walk of Barcelona, a non-competitive walk, is a good excuse to get health, alone or with friends, and to rediscover our city. It has international echo, in order to let everybody know the wonderful beauties and particularities of the city of Barcelona.

• Routes: There are 3 marked routes each day, what allows the walker to choose between three different distances: 10, 20, 30 km (+/- 1 km ).
• Kind of ground: All the routes combine urban and non-urban sections of different lengths.
• Drops: In some of the routes, the accumulated drops (up and down) are important. Consult the drops profile that can be found in the map of each route.
• Beginning and End: Complex Esportiu Municipal Trinitat Vella (for all the routes), near the Parc de la Trinitat.
  Underground line L1 Trinitat Vella .
• Routes: they are in the map, as well as the indications of the revictualling controls, of the ordinary controls, etc.
• Pass controls, revictualling controls, services and health care: there are in all the routes, and their positions appear in the map. Each one has its own timetable.

Find further details: click here

Event Date: Sunday 19th September 2010 – from around 09.00 to 12.00

The Cursa de la Merce is a popular 10 km fun run running event in Barcelona, which is part of the annual La Merce festival of Barcelona. About 10.000 runners are expected to take part in 2010.  The Cursa also features 2k route for disabled athletes. Runners can register online online until 20.00 on 13th September. (registration is in Catalan but you can use Google Translate for English version) In the weeks before the Cursa de Merce you will also be able to register at various locations in Barcelona. Cost 5 euro with chip or 8 euros without chip
Registration details here

La Cursa de La Merce Route 2010 – see map of route
START: Avda. de Rius i Taulet – C. de Lleida – c. Tamarit – c. d’Entença – Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes – c. de la Marina – c. d’Ausiàs Marc – pl. d’Urquinaona – rda. De Sant Pere – pl. de Catalunya – rda. De la Universitat – pl. de la Universitat – rda. De Sant Antoni – c. de Sepúlveda – av. del Paral•lel (costat Besòs) – av. del Paral•lel (costat Llobregat) – pl. d’Espanya – FINISH: Avda. Reina María Cristina

From: www.barcelonayellow.com

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The DTM, the German touring car championship, will be held at Circuit de Catalunya. The 2007 season will see the battle between the premium brands of Audi and Mercedes-Benz.

At Circuits de Catalunya (Montmelo – Barcelona) How to get there

(Taken from www.circuitcat.com)

Barcelona is going to play host to the EuroGames Barcelona 2008, the European championship for gay, lesbian and transsexual sportsmen/women and their friends. An amazing event which will involve more 30,000 people and which for a few days will transform Barcelona into the authentic European capital of sport and gay and lesbian culture.

EuroGames Barcelona 2008 will consist of 28 sporting events together with a range of cultural and leisure activities based in and around the city. The event will make its mark on Barcelona for a few days as more than 5,000 sporting participants descend upon the city from all corners of Europe.

Sportive Disciplines: Aerobics, Badminton, Ballroom, dancing, Basketball, Beach volleyball, Bowling, Bowls – Pétanque, Canoeing, Cycling, Floorball, Football, Golf, Handball, Hockey, Rollerblading, Rugby, Running, Sailing, Softball, Squash, Swimming, Synchronized swimming, Table tennis, Tennis, Track and field, Volleyball, Waterpolo, Wrestling.

Cultural Program: Ceremonies, forums, festivals, parties, tourism, etc. More info Buy tickets

EuroGames is sport, fun and culture. More info

7:30pm at Estadi Olímpic Montjuic (Passeig Olímpic, 17-19) 5€ & 12€  Buy tickets Timetable

The “Meeting Ciutat de Barcelona” has recovered its position in the international calendar thanks to the 20th European Athletics Championships Barcelona 2010. This event will be one of the test events held before the Championships in 2010. Beginning of this year and until the date on which the Championships will take place, the city gets back one of its sport identity symbols and relaunches athletics in a crucial moment marked by the increase of the number of runners in important and popular athletic events.

The Meeting that will take place on 19 July in Montjuïc comes back with the important responsibility of offering to all sport fans a high quality show in order to make the people who live in Barcelona and who are interested in this sport, enthusiastic about it at the same time, to foster the passion for this sport, and to encourage young people to practice athletics, the number one Olympic sport.

As it happened in former times, many celebrities from all around the world and top athletes will come to the Meeting to achieve great results. Having the Olympic Games three weeks later this event will be the best motivation for athletes on their way to reach qualifying standards to participate in Beijing. (Taking from www.rfea.es)

11am Mon-Wed; 12h Thu-Fri / 12:00h Semifinals (Sat) & Final (Sun)
At David Lloyd Club Turó (Av. Diagonal 673-685)
Mon-Fri 8€, Sat 15€ (Semifinals), Sun 20€ (Finals), Week Pass 40€, Weekend Pass 30 Buy tickets

Barcelona is to once again play host to Spain’s most important woman’s tennis tournament, Barcelona KIA 2008. Directed by José Luis Rivera, and with Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario as Director of Sport, Barcelona KIA continues on its path to consolidation. The tournament has recently received a considerable boost with the rise of the elite WTA circuit, which has been a major stepping stone, combined with the tournament’s move to the new venue at the David Lloyd Club Turó. (Taken from http://www.bcnwta.com)

9.30am Pl.Catalunya/Passeig de Gràcia

The “El Corte Inglés Cursa” is one of the most important and better known popular races. The route is 11 kilometers long through the streets of Barcelona.  The distance is officially recognized by the Federació Catalana d’Atletisme.

This is greatly due to the support given by both public and private institutions and, most of all, to the massive response of the citizens of Barcelona who, through their participation, have made it possible for the celebration of this sporting event to be eagerly expected year after year.

The Cursa held its first edition in 1979, when 17,184 runners took part, out of which approximately 85% were non-federated participants. By the year 1994 the number of participants in the Cursa had grown to 109,457 athletes, a number of runners that still today holds a Guinness Record. In its last edition, 52.708 persons took part in the Cursa. In the whole editions 1.615.962 runners had take part along his 29 years history.

Since 1986, the Cursa El Corte Inglés has offered its exceptional capacity for getting news coverage to organizations or civic events of special renown. Sport Aid – Tot el món corre per Àfrica (1986), Fundación de Ayuda Contra la Drogadicción – Engánchate a la Vida (1990), Intermón (1991), Manos Unidas (1994), FASE, Fundación Anti-Sida España (1995), Creu Roja (1996), Fundació Privada d’Investigació Cardiovascular (1997), la Fundació Internacional Josep Carreras (1998), Unicef – Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia (1999), Médicos Sin Fronteras (2000), Banc d’Ulls per a tractaments de la ceguesa (2001), Fundació Esclerosi Múltiple (2002) Fundación Vicente Ferrer (2005) Manos Unidas (2006) y el Casal dels Infants del Raval (2007) are the nongovernmental organizations that have had a leading role in previous editions of the event.

The adherence of the event to the Olymic Games and Paralympic Games in 1992 and in the celebration of events such as the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Guardia Urbana police force (1993) and the X World Police and Fire Games (2003) or the Universal Forum of Cultures (2004), are four good examples of this link between the race and the city that hosts it.

The 30th Cursa El Corte Inglés has strengthened its clearly social facet with it colaboration with the Red Cross.

(Taken from http://w3.bcn.es and www.cursaelcorteingles.net)

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5pm at Palau Sant Jordi (Carrer del Foc s/n) 15 – 36€ Buy tickets

The Harlem Globetrotters is an exhibition basketball team that combines athleticism and comedy.

Created by Abe Saperstein in 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, the team adopted the name Harlem because of its connotations as a major African-American community. Over the years they have played more than 20,000 exhibition games in 118 countries.

Brother Bones’s whistled version of “Sweet Georgia Brown” is the team’s signature song. Globie has been their mascot since 1993. (Taken form www.wikipedia.org)

Circuit de Catalunya (08160 Montmeló)

Thu 24 to Sun 27 Apr.

Formula 1 Race: 130 – 508€ Buy tickets

The last session of the third out of five encounters between Formula One and the Circuit de Catalunya saw Jarno Trulli’s Toyota set the pace ahead of the rest of runners, with a lap time – 1:20.801 – that beat all the previous ones set during these three days. David Coulthard from Red Bull at 1:21.258 and Nico Rosberg from Williams at 1:21.293 were second and third on the time sheets respectively.

This last round of preseason tests had more than 11,200 spectators. Current World Champion Kimi Raikkonen from Ferrari took the ninth spot today and told the press that they are in possession of a powerful car, and that the team is very satisfied with the work they have carried out in the winter. As for Fernando Alonso’s role in the Championship, Raikkonen believes that “he can be a strong rival, although we cannot predict this until the races are actually under way”.

The FIA has been working at the end of the main straight of the Barcelona track during all Wednesday, as they have been carrying out tests with illuminated panels to be used on the first night Grand Prix in Singapore. These panels will display the messages of the marshals of the track after sunset, and will also prove useful under adverse weather conditions with low visibility. (Taken from http://www.circuitcat.com).

Calendar 2008
10 & 11 May – Truck Grand Prix
24 & 25 May – Speed Spanish Championship (CEV)
6, 7 & 8 June – Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya de MotoGP
4, 5 & 6 July – 24 H Frigo de Motociclisme (Endurance)
19 & 20 July – Speed Mediterranean Championships
6 & 7 September – Car Catalan Champioships
19, 20 & 21 September – DTM
18 & 19 October – World Series by Renault
1 & 2 November – Open GT Circuit de Catalunya
21, 22 & 23 November – 24 H Quadis d’Automobilisme – Trofeu Fermí Vélez (Endurance)

More info click here