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European Para Championships: A new sporting event

Business Daily

BBC

News, Business

4.4796 Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

What does it take to host a brand new multi-sport competition?

We're in Rotterdam which is hosting the inaugural European Para Championships 2023.

It's hoped that holding events at the same time will raise the profile of para sports - and be more cost effective.

What does it take to get a fresh idea like this off the ground?

Producer/Presenter: Matthew Kenyon

(Image: Archer Roy Klaassen aiming his bow. Credit: European Para Championships / Rutger Pauw)

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You're with Business Daily on the BBC World Service. Hello, I'm Matthew Kenyon, and I'm in the heart of the Dutch city of Rotterdam, sitting next to the mighty Mars River. There are commercial barges laden with goods, speeding water taxes in the distance in the harbors, some huge cargo ships and the odd leisure

0:39.5

motorboat on a day out as well. The famous Erasmus Bridge looks over it all and the city

0:45.4

centre provides a fantastic backdrop, which is why come August this place will play a key role

0:52.3

in one of Europe's newest sporting events.

0:55.8

The event is much bigger because you're not in a local gym, but we are hosting it in a big city

1:02.5

like Rotterdam. Yeah, the budget is big. If you compare it with other multi-sport events around

1:08.4

the world, it's small. This opportunity is then much more attractive indeed

1:13.4

than just one single event as a burst.

1:16.8

So we're always looking for things that in the end

1:20.3

also will positively influence our brand.

1:22.9

So you found something that you had no idea before your accident

1:26.9

that you would be any good at,

1:28.6

and you've committed yourself to it?

1:31.7

Yeah, completely. In the beginning it was for fun, and then we said, let's try to do the best we can.

1:39.0

We're talking about the European Parach Championships, a new concept for the continent,

1:43.9

which is going to feature 10 parasports at some of Rotterdam's most recognisable locations,

1:49.8

including here on what's known as the Kopvan South.

1:53.0

But what does it take to get a fresh idea like this off the ground?

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