Barcelona exhibits the World Cup at the Museu Olímpic i de l’Esport Joan Antoni Samaranch

The World Cup

The World Cup, which Spain won last July, will go on display at the Museu Olímpic i de l’Esport – Joan Antoni Samaranch from 12 to 15 January.

The arrival of the Cup at the Olympic Museum has been made possible thanks to the joint efforts of Barcelona City Council and the Fundació Barcelona Olímpica.

You can see the trophy for free at the museum from 12 to 15 January, from 10 am to 6 pm. It will be on display in the Main Hall (Avinguda de l’Estadi, 60), next to the Olympic Stadium.

The Cup was designed in 1974 and takes its inspiration from two human figures holding up the Earth. The trophy is 36.8 cm high and is made from 5 kg of an 18-carat solid piece of gold.

Museu Olímpic i de l’Esport Joan Antoni Samaranch -> Av Estadi, 60 | Sants-Montjuïc

2nd Lluís Companys race – run & walk

2nd Lluís Companys race

In a tribute to the People’s Olympics that were due to be held in Barcelona in 1936, today Saturday 3 October, will see the 2nd Lluís Companys’ run and walk, which is open to everyone.

The aim is to regain the spirit of fraternity, good sportsmanship and solidarity those games originally intended while commemorating and reclaiming a sporting event linked to the city and imbued with the values of democracy and solidarity.

The walk is planned to start at 9.30 am and the run half an hour later at 10 am. The route starts opposite INFEC (the National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia) on Avinguda de l’Estadi, and goes round the Olympic Ring.

The People’s Olympics were the democratic government’s answer to the Berlin Olympic Games of that same year, now 70 years ago, with their marked xenophobic and racist character. They were held under Hitler’s Nazi regime, with the aim of demonstrating the sporting superiority of the Aryan race.

However, the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War cut short these games, which were due to open on 19 July, 1936, the day after Franco’s military uprising.

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