Stade De France Athletics
It was named as proposed by the french football legend michel platini.
Stade de france athletics. The stadium was built for the 1998 fifa world cup. It is also a secondary facility for paris stade français. On november 13 th 2015 one civilian was killed by a suicide bomber at the entrance to the grounds which contained the french and german football teams as well as president françois hollande. The stade de france prepares to welcome a new french hero home åf golden league share tweet.
At that time no stadium in france had a capacity of over 45 000 and the tournament needed a 70 000 stadium. In front of a home crowd of around 1 000 socially distanced fans at the stade de france a host of european football s elite stars were on display in a generally entertaining encounter. Stad də fʁɑ s is the national stadium of france located just north of paris in the commune of saint denis. Traditionally one of the global powerhouses france could only muster one silver medal a surprise one at that in the men s 3000m steeplechase at the beijing.
Running and athletics in the heart of stade de france s dna. This meeting has been held at stade de france since 2009 and brings together the biggest names from the world of athletics. Stade de france got built to serve as the centrepiece of the 1998 world cup. Its seating capacity of 80 698 makes it the eighth largest stadium in europe.
France has uncovered an athletics gem at a vital moment for the sport nationally. The home of the 2003 world athletics championships the areva athletics meeting in paris for more than fifteen years and the future arena of the 2024 olympic and paralympic gamesin paris stade de france is the temple of athletics and running. Champions league finals iaaf world championships rugby world cup the uefa euro 2016 and the paris 2024 summer olympics. Stade de france is the largest stadium in france and the stadium where the french national team plays its most important home matches.
It was the first time in over 70 years that a stadium in france has been built for a particular event. More modestly many races are held there each year. The stade de france is the only stadium to have hosted a football and rugby world cup final. On saturday 4 july 2015 stade de france will host the thirty first edition of the areva meeting an international athletics competition.
Since then stade de france has hosted the most prestigious sporting events. Stade de france located north of paris in the commune of saint denis is france s national stadium. France and portugal played out a cagey uefa nations league goalless draw at the stade de france on sunday to remain locked together at the top of league a group 3.