Special Cameras at the IAAF World Championships 0 in Moscow

(12/08/2013) From 10 to 18 August 2013, the very best athletes from around the world will again converge on the Russian capital, in the beautiful Luzhniki Olympic Complex, thirty-three years after the 1980 Olympic Games.

LUZHNIKI ARENAS

The main stadium called Big Sports Arena has a capacity of 75,000 spectators and has been renovated for the World Championships. A new Mondo track has been installed with 9 lanes in the straight and 8 lanes in the oval. The other three athletics tracks have also undergone renovation in 2012.

The Sports Complex includes:

Big Sports Arena Main Stadium

South Sports Complex Throws Training Venue

North Sports Complex Warm-up Area (with adjacent long throws area)

Sportgorodok Stadium Training Venue

MARATHON AND RACE WALKING COURSES

The Marathon and Race Walking events will both start and finish in the Luzhniki Stadium. The Marathon Course comprises one small loop of 7.5 km and three large loops of 10 km. The course runs through the city centre, passing by many of Moscow's landmarks, including the Red Square, before returning for the finish to the Luzhniki Stadium. The Race Walk Course will be conducted on a 2 km loop course inside the Sports Complex, alongside the river.

In the 30 years since the first edition of the IAAF World Championships in Helsinki 1983, the event has gained in status and popularity thanks to the outstanding performances of the athletes and the tireless work of the Media. Acting as the eyes and ears of the millions worldwide who are not fortunate enough to witness the competition live in the stadium, Media representatives are instrumental in ensuring the success of the championships.

This year about 3000 journalists from all over the world are covering this major competition. Broadcasts of the World Championships Moscow 2013 will be viewed in more than 200 countries in all the continents.

XD motion from France was ordered by the host broadcaster EPC S.A. to deliver and operate various special camera equipment: A world first is X fly 2D which is moving horizontaly and verticaly above the 100 meter track. Mounted in parallel to the 100m track is a Cineflex HD wide angle RF X track Hi Speed with double Stab C Compact heads and UltraMotion / SuperSloMo cameras.

At the Hammer / Discus cage XD motion has installed a mini camera on a vertical track while another worlds first is the premission of Vladimir Putin for the French helicopter and camera crew from XD motion to fly over Moscow to cover the marathon competitions with a 42x Cineflex.

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