Austin, TX (March 14, 2016) – FloSports today announced an agreement with the Prague International Marathon and Tempo Team Prague to be the exclusive United States live streaming partner for all seven races in the RunCzech Running League for the next three years.

The events will be streamed live on FloTrack, which will bring its vast expertise in the sport overseas to Europe in providing written and video content as well as English-language commentary for all seven races.

The series will begin on April 2 with the Sportisimo Prague Half Marathon followed by the Volkswagen Prague Marathon on May 8, the Mattoni Karlovy Vary Half Marathon on May 21, the Mattoni Ceske Budejovice Half Marathon on June 4, the Mattoni Olomouc Half Marathon on June 25, the Birell Prague Grand Prix on Sept. 10 and the Mattoni Usti nad Labem Half Marathon on Sept. 17. 

“We are excited to partner with such a great organization like RunCzech, which organizes some of the top road racing events in the world,” FloSports COO and co-founder Mark Floreani said. “We strive to showcase the best content for FloSports subscribers and these seven races will help continue to fill our FloPro schedule with elite-caliber events.”

With seven Gold Labels from the International Association of Athletics Federation, the Czech Republic ranks at the top of the world’s influential road racing destinations. No country in the world has more Gold Label road races, and the three Gold Labels held by road races in Prague are the most of any city in the world.

The IAAF Road Race Label system is based on criteria which when applied to events guarantee a level of quality to all. Label requirements include doping control, gender equal prize money, course certification and safety regulations amongst others. Events are awarded with Bronze, Silver, or Gold (the highest) labels.

In 2016, there are 35 cities that have received the IAAF Gold Road Race Label, and a total of 43 labels awarded by IAAF.

The list of stellar athletes to have competed in the RunCzech Running League over the last three years includes marathon world record holder Dennis Kimetto, former marathon world record holder Wilson Kipsang; two-time World Championships gold medalist Edna Kiplagat; two-time London Marathon and two-time New York City Marathon champion Mary Keitany; and 2015 Boston Marathon champion Caroline Rotich.

“The IAAF label system makes it possible to evaluate the quality and compare the level of race organizations worldwide,” Capalbo said. “Years ago when we had just introduced RunCzech races in the regions, no one would have believed that one day cities like Olomouc and Ústí Usti nad Labem would be evaluated by the IAAF at the same level as New York, Berlin or Tokyo. 

“The fact that we did it is a huge appreciation not only of our team but also of the whole country. Running in the Czech Republic is becoming a worldwide-recognized brand. Therefore we are able to invite to our events the top elite athletes in the world, as well as thousands of international runners who come to run and discover our beautiful country."

ABOUT FLOSPORTS

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Focused on three areas – live programming, original content, and owned and operated events – the company takes fragmented communities and provides them the platform to connect with the sports they love.

Through live streaming of premier events, original video programming, weekly studio shows, branded entertainment, and event creation and execution, FloSports is growing the sports, the athletes and the fans.

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ABOUT PRAGUE INTERNATIONAL MARATHON

Prague International Marathon spol. s r.o. (“PIM“) was set up in 1995 by Carlo Capalbo, President of the Organizing Committee with the aim of organizing a large-scale international marathon on the streets of Prague. A total of 958 runners made it to the start line of that first race. Since then PIM’s activities have burgeoned into a whole series of running events referred to as the RunCzech series. In 2015, 74,585 competing runners from 114 different countries participated in races as part of the  RunCzech Series. 

ABOUT TEMPO TEAM PRAGUE

The term "tempo" is an acronym for "The European Marathon Promotion Organization," which focuses on developing marathon races along with other running events in Europe. The tempo team company was set up in 2000 by a group of experts and sporting enthusiasts. Tempo Team’s activities entail concept creation, brand building, marketing as well as the actual organization of sporting events. Right from the start, tempo team has played a key role in organizing the Prague Marathon as well as developing the PIM Running Circuit.