{"id":3243,"date":"2013-05-31T10:26:12","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T10:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=3243"},"modified":"2022-01-06T15:20:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T15:20:00","slug":"sport-accord","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/blog\/sport-accord\/","title":{"rendered":"Coe, Putin, Rogge at Sport Accord . . . and me!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #808080;\">There&#8217;s something a little bit exciting but unnerving about brushing shoulders regularly with people you&#8217;ve only previously seen on TV.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #808080;\">So it was in St Petersburg this week at the annual SportAccord Convention. &nbsp;<a style=\"font-style: inherit; color: #404040;\" data-wpil=\"url\" data-wpil=\"url\" data-wpil=\"url\" data-wpil=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/\">Zaun<\/a>&nbsp;was there to push our range of sports solutions and event overlay to the organisers of the major spectaculars that are a part of the global sporting calendar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #808080;\">We pulled together a sports-specific brochure for the Sport Accord event. 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