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The Sainsbury's International Match, formerly known as the Aviva International Match, is an annual indoor track and field athletics meeting which takes place in late January in Glasgow, Scotland. The televised competition is the first major indoor event in the United Kingdom's athletics calendar. It was held at the Kelvin Hall International Sports Arena from 1988 to 2012. It moved to the Commonwealth Sports Arena from 2013 onwards. The International Match is an international team competition, with representatives typically competing for five different squads: Great Britain, a "World" or Commonwealth select team, and three other countries. In each athletic event, athletes score points for their team depending on performance and the team with the greatest number of points at the end of all competitions is declared the winner.〔(Aviva International Match ). ''Spikes Magazine''. Retrieved on 2010-01-24.〕 ==History== The inaugural edition (primarily a contest between French and British athletes) was held in 1988 as the Dairy Crest International and it attracted participants such as Linford Christie and Butch Reynolds.〔Gillon, Doug (1988-02-08). (Christie and Reynolds Agree Glasgow's on the Right Track ). ''Glasgow Herald''. Retrieved on 2010-01-20.〕 The event was broadcast on ITV and was well received with around 2.75 million viewers in total.〔Gillon, Doug (1988-06-10). (Winter Warmer for Scottish Indoor Athletics ). ''Glasgow Herald''. Retrieved on 2010-01-20.〕 The Kelvin Hall became a prominent indoor venue, hosting the 1990 European Athletics Indoor Championships, and the 1990 Dairy Crest Games pitted a British team against a select team from East Germany.〔(Sport in Brief – Athletics ). ''Glasgow Herald'' (1990-01-24). Retrieved on 2009-01-20.〕 After a change of sponsor, the Pearl International Games featured a Great Britain vs Russia competition, as well as high calibre guest athletes including world champions Michael Johnson and Mike Powell.〔Rowbottom, Mike (1993-01-31). (Athletics: Grindley trails in the final strides: Mike Rowbottom reports from Glasgow ). ''The Independent''. Retrieved 2010-01-20.〕 France returned as the rival team to the hosts in the 1995 and 1996 competitions.〔Rowbottom, Mike (1995-02-07). (Christie faces old adversary ). ''The Independent''. Retrieved on 2010-01-20.〕〔(Athletics: Christie plans sprint double ). ''The Independent'' (1996-01-09). Retrieved on 2010-01-24.〕 The competition was sponsored by Norwich Union from 2000 to 2009. During this time, the international competition developed from a two-team to a multi-team contest: Swedish, Russian and German athletes competed against British athletes in 2002,〔(Athletics: Sprinters face race-off ). ''The Daily Telegraph'' (2002-02-20). Retrieved on 2010-01-24.〕 and by 2004 it had become a five-way team contest (with athletes representing Great Britain, Russia, Sweden, Italy and a World select team). The indoor International Match became a testing ground for young and upcoming British athletes as the country's established international athletes often trained abroad or avoided indoor competition in favour of more prestigious outdoor competitions.〔(Athletics: Newton and Grant given chance to raise profile ). ''The Independent'' (2004-01-24). Retrieved on 2010-01-24.〕〔Turnbull, Simon (2002-03-11). (Athletics: Rising star East sets a summer target ). ''The Independent''. Retrieved on 2010-01-24.〕 In spite of this, the event continued to attract many of Britain's prominent athletes as well as significant foreign competition; in 2003 the 60 metres featured the then-world record holder Tim Montgomery and Dwain Chambers, with world long jump champion Dwight Phillips and Olympic medallist Bernard Williams also on the programme.〔Rowbottom, Mike (2003-06-23). (Athletics: Montgomery has a point to prove against Chambers ). ''The Independent''. Retrieved on 2010-01-24.〕 Following the renaming of Norwich Union, the competition became known as the Aviva International Match in 2010.〔(Jessica Ennis to captain Britain at international match in Glasgow ). ''The Guardian''/PA (2010-01-20). Retrieved on 2010-01-24.〕 Great Britain won the 2010 competition, highlighted by Jessica Ennis' win in British record-time against reigning 60 metres hurdles world champion Lolo Jones.〔(Ennis steals the show in Glasgow ). European Athletics (2010-01-31). Retrieved on 2010-02-01.〕 The 2011 competition saw a five-team competition between Germany, Great Britain, the United States, Sweden and a Commonwealth Select team, which was won by the German team. Helen Clitheroe produced a stadium record in the 3000 m, embarking on a solo run to victory.〔Brown, Matthew (2011-01-29). (Ennis sparkles in Glasgow ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-30.〕 In the 2013 competition, the United States and Russia tied with 58 points each.〔http://www.britishathletics.org.uk/media/news/2013-news-page/january-2013/26-01-13-glasgow-int-match-report/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Glasgow International Match」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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