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2009 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Flotrack.org
USATF and Flotrack Partner to Provide Live Webcasts; Supplements Television Coverage
From USA Track & Field
June 23, 2009
Indianapolis, IN
USA Track & Field has announced that it will partner with Flotrack.org to provide live webcasts of both open and junior events at the 2009 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, OR. The Championships will be held Thursday through Sunday, June 25-28, at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field. This event is the selection event for the 2009 IAAF World Championships which will be contested during August 15-23 in Berlin, Germany.
Flotrack will supplement USATF's official television coverage with live, real-time coverage with race calls of every event at the USA Junior Outdoor Championships while also providing bonus, live, real-time coverage and race calls of select open events during the USA Outdoor Championships.
"As USA Track & Field continues to develop our web-based initiatives, Flotrack presents us with a popular platform to access our fanbase," said USA Track & Field CEO Doug Logan. "Partnering with Flotrack will enable us to provide thorough coverage of our Championships and to expand the reach of our sport."
In addition to race coverage, Flotrack will provide fans with exclusive interviews with track & field stars, as well as behind the scenes access to select areas such as at the practice track and trackside press conferences.
Coverage begins Thursday, June 25 with full-day webcasts of all events, with a focus on the early rounds of the 400m, 800m, 1500m and open men's and women's 10,000m finals.
View the Schedule of Events, Thursday-Sunday.
News and Video of the 2009 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships will be available at www.usatf.org and www.visachampionshipseries.com.
About Flotrack.org
Flotrack.org has been a leader in web video coverage for the sport of track & field and long distance running for the last three years. Every year, Flotrack travels to hundreds of events in the Uinted States and around the world to showcase some of the biggest and most prestigious events in the sport, with unique event coverage and behind the scenes interviews with athletes, coaches, event directors and legends of the sport, giving track fans the coverage our sport deserves. Track is back. www.Flotrack.org
About USA Track & Field
USA Track & Field (USATF) is the National Governing Body for track and field, long-distance running and race walking in the United States. USATF encompasses the world's oldest organized sports, some of the most-watched events of Olympic broadcasts, the number one high school and junior high school participatory sport, and more than 30 million adult runners in the United States.
See www.usatf.org for more information on USATF.
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