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Polish middle distance great Marcin Lewandowski, who won eight European medals in his esteemed career, has announced his retirement from athletics at the age of 34.
Lewandowski shared the news on his Instagram account on Friday (20) afternoon, writing that he did not believe he was in shape to challenge for medals at upcoming championships this summer due to a disrupted build-up.
He wrote: &ldquo;After my daughter's accident during her rhythmic gymnastics class [just before the World Indoors], I decided to stay at home until Midia was fully recovered. Due to the fact I did not have the opportunity to train abroad, I was not able to prepare properly to defend my bronze medal from the World Championships and my silver from the European Championships and I am not interested in places outside the podium.
&ldquo;Was it a difficult decision? I didn't even think for a second because family is the priority. It was the same when I pulled out of the World Indoor Championships even though I was in great shape.
&ldquo;It was a beautiful 16 years of running - an amazing adventure that is now over. Something ends and something begins because in November I will become a dad again.&rdquo;
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Lewandowski has been one of the most successful middle distance athletes in Europe for more than a decade, first at the 800m before making a successful transition to the 1500m.
Lewandowski&rsquo;s first major title goes all the way back to the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona where he won the 800m in a close battle with Great Britain&rsquo;s Michael Rimmer and his recently-retired long-time teammate Adam Kszczot.
But the Pole had to wait almost eight years before winning his first major global medal.&nbsp;
After enduring a series of near-misses including two fourth-place finishes in the 800m at the World Athletics Championships, Lewandowski claimed an elusive silver in the 1500m at the 2018 World Athletics Indoor Championships before adding a bronze medal from the same event at the 2019 World Athletics Championships to his tally.
His last major medal fittingly came on home soil at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Torun where he won silver behind the soon-to-be Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen.
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Lewandowski retires as the Polish record-holder in the 1000m (2:14.30), 1500m (3:30.42), mile (3:49.11) 2000m (4:57.09) outdoors and 1000m (2:17.67), 1500m (3:35.71) and mile (3:56.41) indoors.&nbsp;
His 800m lifetime best stands at 1:43.72 and Lewandowski broke the 1:45-barrier in the event in no fewer than 12 seasons between 2009 and 2021.

Four-time European champion Lewandowski announces retirement

Zuzana Hejnova from the Czech Republic, the 2013 and 2015 world champion in the 400m hurdles, has announced her retirement at the age of 35.
After missing the Tokyo Olympics through injury, Hejnova was initially planning to draw her illustrious career to a close at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich but she has revealed on Instagram that she is expecting her first child later this year.
"I have had a great career and from the bottom of my heart, I thank everyone who supported me. Now I'm looking forward to a new role," she said.
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Hejnova&rsquo;s international career goes back almost two decades to the 2003 World Athletics U18 Championships where she won gold in the 400m hurdles at the age of 16. She emulated that success at junior level two years later at the European Athletics U20 Championships.&nbsp;
Success in the senior ranks wasn&rsquo;t immediately forthcoming but Hejnova enjoyed a remarkable run of success in the 400m hurdles in the mid-2010s, beginning with a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
Hejnova was at the height of her powers the following season which was capped by her gold medal at the 2013 World Athletics Championships in Moscow. Her winning time of 52.83 still makes her the sixth fastest European 400m hurdler in history.&nbsp;
Hejnova also went unbeaten in her 13 races at the 400m hurdles in 2013 and she was crowned female European Athlete of the Year at the annual Golden Tracks award ceremony.
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After an injury-plagued 2014, Hejnova returned to her brilliant best the following year to retain her world title in Beijing. She remains the only female athlete to win back-to-back gold medals in the 400m hurdles at the World Athletics Championships.
Her last major medal came at the 2017 European Indoor Championships in Belgrade where she won silver in the 400m but Hejnova was still a perennial finalist on the global stage, finishing fourth and fifth respectively at the 2017 and 2019 World Athletics Championships.
There will be a special retirement ceremony for Hejnova on home soil at the Ostrava Golden Spike meeting on 31 May.&nbsp;

Czech 400m hurdles great Hejnova announces retirement

Mykolas Alekna is carrying on the family business in fine fashion as the 19-year-old Lithuanian hurled the discus out to 67.68m at Stanford, USA on Saturday (30). The opening throw by the first-year student at University of California, Berkeley was the furthest ever achieved by a teenager, adding five centimetres on to the world age-19 best previously held by Great Britain&rsquo;s Lawrence Okoye since 2011. In addition, Alekna had three more throws over 67 metres in a superb series that read: 67.68m, 65.99m, 67.52m, 61. 47m, 67.03m, 67.15m.
What also gained headlines with athletics aficionados on the other side of the Atlantic was that it was an American collegiate record, as well as being the second best throw in the world at this early stage in the season and moves Alekna &ndash; who won the world and European U20 in his specialist event last year - up to fifth on the European U23 lists. It is worth remembering he has another two years in this category as well.
Alekna, who turns 20 on 18 September, already holds several world age bests, including the world age-18 best he set last year when he threw the 2kg implement 63.52m.
However, this year Alekna has been in a class of his own and has reached 66 metres or more in three of his five outings.
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The Alekna family dynasty continues. ???? World and European U20 champion Mykolas Alekna, 19, improves to 67.68m in the discus. ???? This was the longest ever throw by a teenager! ????<a href="https://t.co/OkYQ9b8NNT">pic.twitter.com/OkYQ9b8NNT</a>
&mdash; European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) <a href="https://twitter.com/EuroAthletics/status/1520675168305168385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2022</a></blockquote>
The teenager is already exceeding his father Virgilijus&rsquo; marks at the same age but has some impressive targets if he is to match the latter&rsquo;s career achievements.
Among Virgilijus Alekna&rsquo;s honours were Olympic titles in 2000 and 2004, two world titles and a gold medal at the 2006 European Athletics Championships. In 2005, he was voted the European Athlete of the Year.
In a recent interview with the <a href="https://trackandfieldnews.com/carrying-on-the-alekna-discus-tradition/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">US magazine Track and Field News</a>, Mykolas Alekna tried to avoid the obvious comparisons with his famous father. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know what&rsquo;s my real potential, but I just want to compete in the Olympics first and see what I can do there. That&rsquo;d be nice. &ldquo;I wouldn&rsquo;t say I&rsquo;m strong. I mean, especially professional discus throwers are way stronger than I am. I don&rsquo;t focus on the weightroom that much because I think that discus technique is way more important than lifting. At least it works for me,&rdquo; he added reflectively.
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And here is Mykolas Alekna&rsquo;s longest throw of the competition. ???? He follows in the footsteps of his father Virgilijus Alekna who won the European senior title in 2006! ????<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tallinn2021?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Tallinn2021</a> <a href="https://t.co/txhfzXP8H2">pic.twitter.com/txhfzXP8H2</a>
&mdash; European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) <a href="https://twitter.com/EuroAthletics/status/1416747727719964674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2021</a></blockquote>
Alekna follows a well-trodden path with many throwers from the Baltic countries going to US universities, and although it was not one his father took he was one of the key instigators of the teenager making the move. "I always wanted to go to the US to do sports and also get a good education, and my dad had been in the US a few times when he was throwing professionally.
He said it&rsquo;s a very good place where you can go to school and also do sports at the same time so he really just suggested me to go to the US, and then I just found a very good coach and ended up at Cal because it&rsquo;s a very good school academically and also we have a very good coach here," he said.&nbsp;

Mykolas Alekna throws world age-19 discus best of 67.68m

The first World Athletics Continental Tour events in Europe in 2022 will take place in less than one week on 25 May, kicking off an action-packed and busy outdoor season in earnest.
The season begins with three Bronze events which are part of an extensive calendar of 39 World Athletics Continental Tour Silver and Bronze events in Europe - two more than in 2021 - in 18 countries that fall directly under European Athletics&rsquo; administration. The full calendar can be found <a title="" href="https://directus.european-athletics.com/downloads/75b3cc6b-d63c-4903-9200-1333bdf5f508/EA%20WCT%20CALENDAR.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.&nbsp;
And with seven World Athletics Continental Tour Gold events also taking place in Europe beginning with the Golden Spike in Ostrava on 31 May, athletes will have unprecedented access to high level competition in Europe this year with ranking points and prize money on offer.
The calendar commences on 25 May with a trio of meetings including the 24th Anhalt Meeting in Dessau where the javelin will be the centre of attention. Home favourites Andreas Hofmann and Johannes Vetter are due to face the in-form Czech Jakub Vadlejch, a new member of the 90 metre-club.&nbsp;
On the road to the Munich 2022 European Athletics Championships, Malaika Mihambo will contest the long jump on home soil while fellow reigning European champion Justyna Swiety-Ersetic from Poland is confirmed for the 400m.
The Meeting Iberoamericano in Huelva, Spain will also take place on 25 May featuring Olympic bronze medallist Holly Bradshaw in the pole vault while recently crowned world indoor 800m champion Mariano Garcia who will contest the 1500m.
Fellow world indoor champion Miltiadis Tentoglou will be the focus of attention again at the International Jumping Meeting in Kallithea, the third Bronze event to take place on 25 May. At last year&rsquo;s meeting, Tentoglou sailed out to his lifetime best of 8.60m which puts him third on the European all-time list behind his teammate Louis Tsatoumas (8.66m) and Robert Emmiyan (8.86m).
The tour then moves north to the Poznan Grand Prix in Poland which takes place two days later on 27 May. Home favourite Marcin Krukowski faces Olympic bronze medallist Vitezslav Vesely in the javelin and long-time Polish rivals Pawel Wojciechowski and Piotr Lisek are also due to go head-to-head in the pole vault.&nbsp;
On the track, reigning European indoor 60m champion Ajla Del Ponte is confirmed for the 100m, European U23 champion Pia Skrzyszowska will compete in the 100m hurdles and Iga Baumgart-Witan takes on Polish relay teammate in the 400m.
The first World Athletics Continental Tour Silver meeting to take place in Europe this summer is the Meeting International de Montreuil which is scheduled for 2 June.
The organisers have announced reigning Olympic champion Pedro Pablo Pichardo from Portugal and his predecessor as Olympic champion Christian Taylor in the triple jump as well as leading French athletes Jimmy Vicaut, Melina Robert-Michon and Renelle Lamote.&nbsp;
The World Athletics Continental Tour runs all the way through until mid-September with the Gala dei Castelli in Bellinzona - the scene of many great sprinting performances over the years - the last of the 39 events to take place on 12 September.
Many of Europe&rsquo;s gold medal-winners at the Olympic Games used the World Athletics Continental Tour Silver and Bronze events as part of their competitive programme on the road to Tokyo last summer.
Some of the highlights included Olympic champion Armand Duplantis clearing 6.00m in the pouring rain in Karlstad. His Swedish teammate Daniel Stahl chalked up a string of victories en route to Tokyo including in Kuortane where he threw 70.55m in the discus to defeat Slovenia&rsquo;s Kristjan Ceh who improved his European U23 record to 70.35m.
Two of the winners at the European Athletics Golden Tracks concluded their superlative seasons with victories on the World Athletics Continental Tour circuit.&nbsp;
Karsten Warholm, who was crowned male Athlete for the Year, concluded his unbeaten year in the 400m hurdles in Berlin and women&rsquo;s Rising Star Femke Bol capped her breakthrough campaign with victory in Bellinzona.

Extensive World Athletics Continental Tour kicks off in Europe next week

Final entries for the 2022 European 10,000m Cup in Pac&eacute;, France on 28 May have been published and can be viewed <a title="" href="https://directus.european-athletics.com/downloads/e957017c-d730-42cc-8b2c-391441b4ee77/EC10000m%202022%20-%20Final%20Entries%20Athletes%20List%20By%20Event.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
In total, 131 athletes from 29 nations - as well as an Athlete Refugee Team - will be competing at this year&rsquo;s event which takes place at the Stade Chasseboeuf for the next three editions.&nbsp;
The men&rsquo;s race features no fewer than 13 athletes who have lifetime bests inside the 28 minute-barrier. The fastest entrants are Norway&rsquo;s former European marathon record-holder Sondre Nordstad Moen (27:24.78) and Spain&rsquo;s Carlos Mayo (27:25.00), who was third in Birmingham last year.
The home contingent is headed by Jimmy Gressier who will be contesting his first track 10,000m since winning the first part of a 5000/10,000m double at the 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships in Gavle, Sweden.
Gressier has a relatively modest lifetime best of 28:44.17 on the track but the European cross country bronze medallist has run more than one minute faster for this distance on the asphalt, recently winning the French 10km title in 27:41.
The French team has been weakened by the withdrawal of reigning champion Morhad Amdouni but Gressier is joined on the French team by Yann Schrub and Florian Carvalho who have lifetime bests of 27:49.64 and 27:55.68 respectively and will harbour credible aspirations of retaining their team title.
Other notable entrants include former European cross country champion Aras Kaya from Turkey and Switzerland's former European half marathon champion Tadesse Abraham who recently improved his Swiss marathon record to 2:06:38.
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The standout entrant in the women&rsquo;s race is four-time European cross country champion Yasemin Can from Turkey who is making her European 10,000m Cup debut this year. Can is the only entrant with a lifetime best inside the 31 minute-barrier with 30:26.41 which dates back to the 2016 Olympic Games.
A strong German team is headed by European 10,000m bronze medallist Alina Reh while Great Britain, who have won five of the last six team titles on the women&rsquo;s side, are sending a quintet which features long-time British internationals Steph Twell, Lauren Heyes and Jess Gibbon.
The European 10,000m Cup will be streamed live on the <a title="" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/EuropeanAthletics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">European Athletics YouTube channel</a> with both expert English and French language commentary.

Final entries published for European 10,000m Cup

Reigning European 10,000m bronze medallist Alina Reh will spearhead a strong German team at the European 10,000m Cup which takes place in Pac&eacute;, France on 28 May.
Reh is the fastest of the German quintet with a lifetime best of 31:19.87 which dates back to 2019, the season in which she won the 10,000m title at the European Athletics U23 Championships in Gavle.&nbsp;&nbsp;
After missing the Tokyo Olympics, Reh seemed to be on the fast track back to form and fitness again. She won a bronze medal in a high quality senior women&rsquo;s race at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships but the German suffered yet another spell on the sidelines.&nbsp;
Reh had an adverse reaction to her coronavirus booster jab and was diagnosed with myocarditis - an inflamed heart muscle - which forced her to stop training altogether for three months.&nbsp;
However, Reh made a victorious comeback at the German 10,000m Championships in Pliezhausen a fortnight ago where she also secured the qualifying standard for Munich 2022 with 32:06.63.
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"I traveled to Pliezhausen and said to myself that it would be good if I finished fifth. Above all, I wanted to have fun and just be back on the line &ndash; no matter how fast I am. I made it clear to myself in advance that there have been really difficult moments in the last few weeks and that I can finally do what I love to do again.
"It's nice when you know that your body can give everything again. I had doubts that I would ever be able to get back to my old performance. If that hadn't been the case, I would have had to ask myself whether I wanted to do the sport with cutbacks. I think that would have been very difficult for me," said Reh in a recent interview with Leichtathletik.de.
The German team for Pac&eacute; also includes Katharina Steinruck, Domenika Mayer and Miriam Dattke - all of whom will be competing for Germany in the marathon in Munich 2022 - as well as Eva Dieterich.
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The men&rsquo;s team for Pac&eacute; features 2018 European 10,000m Cup winner Richard Ringer who is also targeting the marathon in Munich this August. The team also features recently crowned German 10,000m champion Simon Boch and Nils Voigt who was fourth last year in a lifetime best of 27:49.04.
The full German team for Pac&eacute; can be found <a title="" href="https://www.leichtathletik.de/news/news/detail/76494-alina-reh-und-simon-boch-fuehren-dlv-team-beim-10000-meter-europacup-an" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
From a historical standpoint, German athletes have taken six individual victories in the European 10,000m Cup. Dieter Baumann won the inaugural edition in 1997 and in 2002 before Andre Pollmacher and Ringer followed suit in 2007 and 2018 respectively. On the women's side, Sabrina Mockenhaupt claimed the honours in both 2005 and 2013.
The European 10,000m Cup will be streamed live through the <a title="" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/EuropeanAthletics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">European Athletics YouTube channel</a> with both English and French-language commentary.

On the comeback trail, Reh spearheads Germany's European 10,000m Cup team

European Athletics has pleasure in announcing that it has signed a four-year Partnership Agreement with the athletics equipment manufacturer Polanik on Tuesday (17).
A signing ceremony took place in the European Athletics Headquarters in Lausanne with European Athletics President Dobromir Karamarinov and Polanik President Dariusz Szczepanik the signatories to the contract.
The Partnership Agreement covers the period from 2023-2026.
Polanik will have the status of being a Preferred Supplier of European Athletics in the product category of &lsquo;athletics equipment &amp; implements&rsquo;&nbsp;and will be elevated to Official Supplier at European Athletics events where Polanik equipment is provided to the related Local Organising Committee and used at that competition.
The 10 European Athletics events covered by the agreement signed on Tuesday are:
<ul>
<li>2024 and 2026 European Athletics Championships</li>
<li>2023 and 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships</li>
<li>2023 and 2025 European Athletics Team Championships 1st&nbsp;Division</li>
<li>2023 and 2025 European Athletics U-23 Championships</li>
<li>2023 and 2025 European Athletics U-20 Championships</li>
</ul>
As a partner of European Athletics, Polanik will benefit from core marketing rights that include advertising board visibility at the above events, exposure&nbsp;on Eurovision&rsquo;s pan-European free-to-air broadcast coverage and European Athletics live streaming,&nbsp;digital rights, digital exposure via European Athletics communications channels, ticketing, and VIP hospitality.
&ldquo;I am very pleased that European Athletics and Polanik will be working together from the start of next year. Polanik was founded in 1966 and has a great history of involvement in athletics and outstanding heritage within our sport,&rdquo; commented President Karamarinov.
&ldquo;I would like to welcome them into the European Athletics family and would like to think this will be the start of a long relationship similar to that we have with many of our other partners,&rdquo; he added.&nbsp;
&ldquo;On the one hand, signing the partnership agreement with European Athletics is the crowning moment of the 55 years of Polanik history, and on the other hand it is the challenge for the future and motivation for further development. I would like to thank European Athletics for the trust. We feel proud of cooperating with such a prestigious organisation and honoured to be in the group of its illustrious partners.&rdquo; said Polanik President Dariusz Szczepanik.
&ldquo;This agreement shows the value of all the hard work we have been doing at European Athletics to grow the sport across the continent in so many different ways, it shows the value of our events, and it shows the value of our vision for the future of our sport in Europe,&rdquo; said European Athletics CEO Christian Milz.
Polanik will join the commercial programme of European Athletics in 2023, together with the confirmed partnerships of SPAR, Toyo Tires and Le Gruy&egrave;re as Official Partners, as well as Eurovision as the Broadcast Partner.
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About European Athletics
European Athletics is the continental governing body for the sport of athletics. Founded in 1970, the organisation is responsible for the international administration of the sport across 51 Member Federations and staging many of Europe&rsquo;s most important athletics competitions including the European Athletics Championships and European Athletics Indoor Championships.

Polanik signs Partnership Agreement with European Athletics for 2023-2026

The Ukrainian Athletic Federation gave an emotional presentation to conclude the 164th European Athletics Council Meeting in Munich, the host city of the 2022 European Athletics Championships, on Sunday (8).
The presentation, part of the <a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/development/focus-federation-programme" target="_blank" rel="noopener">European Athletics Focus Federation programme</a>, was planned prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, but the emphasis had to be radically changed to take into consideration the circumstances enveloping the country due to the ongoing war.
&ldquo;First of all, I want to thank the President of European Athletics Dobromir Karamarinov, European Athletics and the Presidents of the European Athletics Member Federations. On 24 February, my phone went red with all the phone calls of support from everyone,&rdquo; said Yevhen Pronin, the Ukraine federation&rsquo;s Acting President.
&ldquo;Our initial reaction was to cancel the participation of Ukraine athletes in all international competitions but, after three days, we had a Zoom call with all the leaders of athletics in Ukraine and decided that the Ukraine anthem must be played, and the Ukraine flag must be raised.
&ldquo;After we had athletes at the World Race Walking Team Championships, World Athletics Indoor Championships and European Throwing Cup, we knew it was the right decision. &ldquo;As we had our federation offices in a safe part of Ukraine, we were then able to work on sending our athletes to other European countries and now more than 250 are overseas, not just athletes but their families as well. I want to thank President Karamarinov for his support and my team for all their hard work.
&ldquo;For the future, one of our objectives before the war was to rebuild a club system. Hopefully, that is something we can do,&rdquo; added Pronin.
<img src="https://directus.european-athletics.com/assets/17b42904-de49-4679-9c38-0ecddf8cf946?width=3734&amp;height=2647" alt="World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 2022 - Day Two" />
Pronin &ndash; accompanied by the federation&rsquo;s Vice President and former triple jump world champion Olha Saladukha and General Secretary Iolanta Khropach &ndash; elaborated on how the federation were still conducting educational programmes online with their athletes.
&ldquo;I want to pay tribute to the Ukraine federation for their determination to rise to the challenges of keeping our sport alive despite the unbelievably difficult and tragic times they are currently enduring in their homeland,&rdquo; commented European Athletics President Dobromir Karamarinov.
&ldquo;None of us envisaged, when their Focus Federation presentation was originally scheduled, that they would be talking to the European Athletics Council here in Munich while their country was being invaded and suffering such terrible deprivations.
&ldquo;I am confident that the planning and actions of the Ukraine federation that they have discussed here &ndash; despite all the constraints they they will have to contend with &ndash; shows leadership of the highest level and will give hope and inspiration to everyone involved in athletics, not just in Ukraine itself but across Europe and the world as well as will demonstrate the indomitable spirit and human values of our sport.
&ldquo;European Athletics will continue to support Ukraine athletes and the Ukraine people, and our training camp in Bulgaria to help Ukraine athletes continue their career and help prepare for these summer&rsquo;s competitions is just one small contribution &nbsp;&nbsp;added Karamarinov.
In addition to current support, The European Athletics Council also pledged extensive support in helping to rebuild Ukraine athletics and its structures when the war in the country comes to an end.
<img src="https://directus.european-athletics.com/assets/b28091c2-33b4-4ae7-8c4c-0a619aea80fd?width=2016&amp;height=1134" alt="Whats App Image 2022 05 08 at 9.20.42 Am" />
In addition to Ukraine, Israel is the other country currently participating in the Focus Federation programme (further details of the programme can be found <a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/development/focus-federation-programme" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>) in 2022 and they also addressed the European Athletics Council on Sunday.
Israeli Athletic Association President Ami Baran gave an extensive presentation of his federation&rsquo;s future vision and priorities, its collaboration with European Athletics and its various departments, as well as advancing the role of women in Israeli athletics and its high performance strategies.
In addition, the Israeli federation provided a progress report on this summer&rsquo;s Jerusalem 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships, which will take place 4-7 July.
In addition to the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships to Apeldoorn, the Netherlands and the 2023 SPAR European Cross Country Championships to Brussels, Belgium on Friday, Saturday&rsquo;s activities included an extensive report of preparations for the Munich 2022 European Athletics Championships by the Local Organising Committee.

Ukraine Federation gives emotional presentation to conclude European Athletics Council meeting

Europe&rsquo;s leading technical officials gathered in Warsaw, Poland on Friday and Saturday (29-30) to be assessed ahead of the announcement of the European Athletics Technical Delegates Panel 2023-2026.
Thirty nine candidates were present for the main evaluation for appointment to the Technical Delegates panels that oversee European Athletics main competitions, including the core group of televised events which includes the European Athletics Championships, European Athletics Indoor Championships, European Team Championships Super League and all three age-group championships.
An additional eight candidates were present for possible appointment to out-of-stadia panel which oversees the SPAR European Cross Country Championships, European Athletics Off-Road Running Championships and European Race Walking Team Championships. In total, the candidates came from 27 Member Federations.
The detailed programme was:
Friday 29 April 2022
<ul>
<li>Introduction to the role of the Technical Delegate</li>
<li>Venue requirements</li>
<li>Infield management</li>
<li>Group Discussion &ldquo;Venue requirements / Infield management&rdquo;</li>
<li>Competition procedures</li>
<li>Technology</li>
</ul>
Saturday 30 April 2022
<ul>
<li>Event presentation</li>
<li>TV production</li>
<li>Competition timetable</li>
<li>Group discussion &ldquo;Competition timetable / Event presentation &amp; TV production&rdquo;</li>
<li>Out-of-Stadium Events</li>
<li>Code of Ethics and leadership</li>
<li>Risk &amp; crisis management (followed by study cases)</li>
</ul>
The composition of the panels for the next four-year period will be announced in the near future.

Europe's top technical officials gather in Warsaw

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Le Gruyère AOP Switzerland began its partnership with European Athletics in 2008 as a top-tier sponsor of all Major Events and the European Athletics U23 and U20  Championships. Le Gruyère is a very high quality natural cheese that has been produced for many centuries in an artisanal method without any additives. VIP guests, athletes and fans have the opportunity to taste this magnificent cheese at European Athletics events sponsored by Le Gruyère AOP Switzerland.

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Toyo Tires is one of the world's largest tire manufacturers. Toyo Tire Corporation was founded in 1945 in Osaka, Japan. In 1975, the manufacturer opened its European headquarters in Germany. The product range includes winter, summer and all-season tyres for motor vehicles as well as van tyres and special off-road products. The philosophy of Toyo Tires is to combine driving pleasure with top performance. This is reflected in each of the products, as well as in its close partnership with European Athletics.

Toyo Tires

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has been the Official Broadcast Partner of European Athletics since 1981. During this 40-year partnership, the outstanding collaboration between both organisations has always been focused on developing European Athletics into a more attractive product for television, spectators and athletes. Through its operational department Eurovision Services, the EBU is continuously working to promote athletics by offering the most comprehensive coverage of European Athletics events all over Europe.

Atos is a global leader in digital transformation with 110,000 employees and an annual revenue of approximately €12 billion. It is the European number one in cybersecurity, cloud and high performance computing, and the group provides tailored end-to-end solutions for all industries in 73 countries. A pioneer in decarbonisation services and products, Atos is committed to a secure and decarbonised digital environment for its clients. Atos is a SE (Societas Europaea), and listed on the CAC40 Paris stock index.

Atos is the Worldwide Information Technology Partner for the Olympic and  Paralympic Games. It is also the Timing-Scoring, Results and Operations provider of European Athletics events since 2017, and European Athletics Official Digital Partner for their new digital platform (web and mobile).


Atos

Mondo has designed and produced prefabricated athletics tracks since 1948 and has been a European Athletics partner since 1988. They have combined their skills in the pursuit of a shared goal: to support the growth of athletics with passion and innovation. Mondo’s athletics surfaces offer uniform dynamic response and complete control over stride, rhythm, and balance for every athlete. The advantages of Mondo’s prefabricated track surfaces include optimal performance for athletes regardless of climate and environmental conditions. Mondo operates a careful selection of its raw materials for its track surfaces and constant production as we care about athletes’ health. Mondo products have passed UL Environment Tests for more than 10,000 volatile chemical agents and have attained GREENGUARD Gold certification.

Mondo

Opened in 1909 and magnificently restored, the Hotel Royal Savoy Lausanne combines Art Nouveau and modernity with genuine panache. Featuring tailor-made service and unbeatable comfort, this legendary venue is located a short walk from the shores of Lac Leman and offers every guest the absolute luxury of feeling truly at home. The Hotel Royal Savoy is proud to be the Preferred Hotel Partner of European Athletics in Lausanne since 2016, offering valuable support and accommodation services to European Athletics business activities throughout the year.

Hotel Royal Savoy Lausanne

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