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28 THE GROUP OPERATIONAL AND SPORTING HIGHLIGHTS
SPORTING HIGHLIGHTS 2003 ///
OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS 2003 ///
FEBRUARY /// Basketball
star Tracy McGrady ranks
No.1 in the NBA in points
scored per game and is
the top pick for the NBA
All-Star Game.
FEBRUARY /// Candide Thovex
wins Superpipe at the X-Games in
Aspen/Colorado. In Skier X,
Salomon Crossmax®riders win
four medals at the event.
FEBRUARY /// Brother and sister Ivica
and Janica Kostelic win a combined
three gold medals at the World Cham-
pionships in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Salomon athletes take home half of the
event’s gold medals.
JUNE /// David Beckham, the world’s most
popular football player, switches to adidas
sponsored Real Madrid. More than two
billion people view his formal signing live
on television.
JULY /// At the Open Championship
in Sandwich, England, one of the
biggest Major tournaments world-
wide, TaylorMade-adidas Golf
confirms its No.1 position in drivers,
fairway woods und irons.
AUGUST /// The Track and Field
Championships in Paris see numerous
adidas athletes win gold, including
sprinter Kim Collins (St. Kitts & Nevis)
and high jumper Hestrie Cloete
(South Africa).
SEPTEMBER /// At the Berlin inline skate
marathon, SAAB Salomon World Team skaters
Juan-Carlos Betancur and Pascal Briand win
the event and take the victory in the Grand
Prix and World Inline Cup overall rankings
respectively.
MAY /// Tim Duncan is named
the NBA’s Most Valuable Player
for the second straight season
and later leads his team to the
NBA Championships.
MAY /// adidas sponsored AC Milan
wins its sixth UEFA Champions
League title in Manchester, England,
where adidas presents the Finale
match ball.
FEBRUARY /// adidas signs
a long-term partnership
agreement with the NBA’s
Most Valuable Player Tim
Duncan.
MARCH /// Salomon S Core
technology is awarded
Innovation in Surfing during
the 2003 Australian Surfing
Hall of Fame awards.
APRIL /// Mavic-adidas
Cycling is formed as a new
operational unit to manage
the Group’s road cycling and
mountain biking activities.
AUGUST /// adidas signs six-time NBA
All-Star Kevin Garnett to a lifetime
contract. Along with Tracy McGrady and
Tim Duncan, Garnett gives adidas three
of the top five players in the league.
SEPTEMBER /// For the fourth time in a
row, adidas-Salomon is selected to join
the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes
(DJSI), tracking the performance of the
leading sustainability-driven companies
worldwide.
SEPTEMBER /// New product launches
such as the Miscela women’s set, the
HT irons and the XD metalwoods play
a key role in the strong performance of
TalyorMade-adidas Golf.
NOVEMBER /// adidas-Salomon
CEO Herbert Hainer receives
Germany’s most important media
award, the Bambi, in the business
category.
NOVEMBER /// adidas launches the
new F50 football collection. The
advertising campaign features football
players such as David Trézéguet,
Hernan Crespo, Djibril Cissé, and
Javier Saviola.
NOVEMBER /// The
official match ball of the
UEFA EURO 2004™, the
adidas Roteiro™, is un-
veiled by the Portuguese
national team players.