Innovation meets accessibility: A smarter live experience at Weltklasse Zürich

At a major athletics meeting, there is action everywhere. A sprint on the track, a throw at one end of the stadium and a long jump competition at the other. That is part of what makes athletics so exciting. But it also creates a challenge: depending on where you are sitting, it can be difficult to follow every discipline up close. At Weltklasse Zürich 2026, accessify.live is showing how the same technology can address two challenges at once: making the live event more accessible while creating an enhanced fan experience for everyone in the stadium.

For the long jump competition featuring Swiss star Simon Ehammer, spectators will have access to a dedicated live commentary channel directly on their smartphones. Pascal Magyar and former Swiss elite long jumper Benjamin Gföhler will guide fans through the competition. With a personal best of 8.13 metres and years of experience at the highest national level, Benjamin brings an athlete’s perspective to the commentary. Together, Pascal and Benjamin will provide context, insights and emotion – live and synchronized with the action. Spectators simply put on their headphones, select the channel and can follow the long jump as if they were sitting right next to the runway.

But the dedicated commentary is only one part of the experience. At the same time, accessify.live brings the live audio from the stadium speakers directly to spectators’ smartphones. The audio can be transcribed in real time and translated into multiple languages – available both as text and audio. There is no additional app to download and no login required. Spectators access the service via QR code, with accessify.live also integrated directly into the event app. The result is one smart digital layer that serves very different needs: a person who relies on transcription can follow the action more easily, an international visitor can access the stadium content in another language, and an athletics fan sitting on the opposite side of the stadium can dive deeper into the long jump competition through a dedicated commentary channel.

This is where accessibility and fan experience come together. Instead of creating separate solutions for inclusion and engagement, the same infrastructure can enable both – while giving every spectator more choice over how they experience the event. It is Universal Design in action: removing barriers while simultaneously creating a richer live experience for everyone. On Thursday, accessify.live goes live at Weltklasse Zürich 2026 at Stadion Letzigrund – an exciting example of where live events are heading: more accessible, more personalized and more engaging, without making the experience more complicated for the audience. Because innovation does not always mean adding another screen or another app. Sometimes it simply means giving everyone in the stadium a better way to experience what is already happening right in front of them.

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