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"I jump into a sand pit for a living"

Jonathan Edwards, World record triple-jumper

Oslo 2017

Stuart was at the Bislett Games (Diamond League)in June.

The main hall of the City Hall

The harbour from the City Hall

One of the highlights of the week was the Strawberry Party in the City Hall to which the media were invited.

Every strawberry party needs one


Jazmin Sawyers samples the strawberries

In the normal way the Diamond League programme was preceded by a normal of national events. In an abnormal way one of the events was the Junior Norwegian Snowball Championship. Yes, children (11-13 years old) throw snowballs and measure the distance to where they land.

The snowball throwing contest in progress



There was an athlete Bible Study the night before the event. While Stuart is not a fan of organizational branding, he did quite like the notice below.

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