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<p dir="ltr"><strong>Two-time world and four-time European champion Dafne Schippers has brought her illustrious career on the track to an end at the age of 31.</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">In a post to announce her retirement on social media, Schippers said: &ldquo;The race stops here. As an athlete, you always know this day will come, that at one point, your career will be a moment in time&mdash;a collection of memories and hopefully medals.</p>
<p dir="ltr">&ldquo;Today, I have decided to take my life off track to pursue and embrace whatever comes next, but not without saying a massive thank you for all the endless support. It has been a journey without regret.&rdquo;</p>
<p dir="ltr">[INSTAGRAM ID="http://www.instagram.com/p/CxpoIzwoIQV"]</p>
<p dir="ltr">Schippers initially found success in the combined events, winning world and European U20 titles in the heptathlon and a breakthrough bronze at senior level at the 2013 World Athletics Championships in Moscow where she slashed seven seconds from her 800m lifetime best to ensure her place on the podium.</p>
<p dir="ltr">But Schippers had always showed an aptitude for the sprints in her junior days, making her debut at the World Athletics Championships in 2011 in the 200m when she was still a teenager and helping the Netherlands to a silver medal in the 4x100m at the 2012 European Athletics Championships, their first in the event since 1950.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The Dutchwoman shifted her focus away from the combined events to the sprints in the summer of 2014 and just months later, Schippers came away with a memorable 100/200m double at the European Athletics Championships in Zurich before showing her all-round ability by adding the 60m title to her resume at the 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">[TWITTER ID="http://twitter.com/EuroAthletics/status/1706623783635750978"]</p>
<p dir="ltr">The Dutchwoman was at the height of her powers in the summer of 2015. She won 100m silver behind the incomparable Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and 200m gold at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing in a still-standing European record of 21.63, breaking a mark which had been held jointly by East Germans Marita Koch and Heike Drechsler at 21.71.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">After defending her 100m title on home soil at the 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam where she also helped the Dutch to gold in the 4x100m, Schippers couldn&rsquo;t quite add an Olympic title to her list of honours, settling for silver in the 200m behind eventual five-time Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah from Jamaica in 2016.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Schippers went on to retain her world 200m title in London the following year before winning three more medals at the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin and a silver medal in the 60m at the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships.</p>
<p dir="ltr">That medal proved to be the last medal of her prolific and illustrious career before persistent back problems blighted her last few seasons, leaving her short of form at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and forcing her to miss the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">Schippers was also crowned women&rsquo;s European Athlete of the Year two years in a row in 2014 and 2015.&nbsp;</p>
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<p dir="ltr"><strong>Have your say and vote now for your men&rsquo;s and women&rsquo;s European Athletes of the Year across the European Athletics <a href="https://www.instagram.com/europeanathletics/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/EuroAthletics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EuropeanAthletics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook</a> accounts!</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">The men&rsquo;s and women&rsquo;s European Athletes of the Year and Rising Stars will be crowned at the Golden Tracks awards ceremony which takes place in Vilnius, Lithuania on 21 October and will be streamed live on the European Athletics YouTube channel.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The social media vote accounts for one-quarter of the overall vote with the Member Federations vote, media vote and expert panel vote each accounting for one-quarter of the final vote.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">You can submit your vote by 'liking' the image of the nominee across the three social media channels.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">Voting closes across all channels on Monday 2 October and three finalists in each category will be announced on our social media channels in the following days.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Last year's winners were Femke Bol on the women's side while there was a historic tie on the men's voting with Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Armand Duplantis sharing the men's European Athlete of the Year award.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">Incidentally, all three winners are nominated this year and have previously been crowned Rising Stars as well.</p>
<p dir="ltr">In alphabetical order, the 10 women's European Athlete of the Year nominees are:</p>
<h3 dir="ltr">Femke Bol (NED)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">World 400m hurdles and 4x400m champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">European indoor 400m and 4x400m champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">Diamond League 400m hurdles champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">European Athletics Team Championships 1st Division 400m winner</li>
<li dir="ltr">World 400m record (49.26)</li>
<li dir="ltr">World indoor 500m best (1:05.63)</li>
<li dir="ltr">European 400m hurdles record (51.45) and world indoor 500m best (1:05.63)</li>
<li dir="ltr">World ranking (as of 19 September) - 1 (400m hurdles), 5 (400m)</li>
</ul>
<h3 dir="ltr">Sifan Hassan (NED)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">World 5000m silver medallist&nbsp;</li>
<li dir="ltr">World 1500m bronze medallist</li>
<li dir="ltr">London Marathon winner</li>
<li dir="ltr">European 5000m record (14:13.42)</li>
<li dir="ltr">World ranking (as of 12 September) - 6 (5000m), 4 (10,000m)&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<h3 dir="ltr">Keely Hodgkinson (GBR)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">World 800m silver medallist</li>
<li dir="ltr">European indoor champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">Diamond League 800m champion&nbsp;</li>
<li dir="ltr">European U23 400m bronze medallist</li>
<li dir="ltr">European U23 800m record (1:55.19)</li>
<li dir="ltr">World ranking (as of 19 September) - 2<strong><br></strong></li>
</ul>
<h3 dir="ltr">Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">World heptathlon champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">World ranking (as of 19 September) - 2</li>
</ul>
<h3 dir="ltr">Natalia Kaczmarek (POL)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">World 400m silver medallist</li>
<li dir="ltr">World ranking (as of 19 September) - 2</li>
</ul>
<h3 dir="ltr">Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">World high jump champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">European indoor high jump champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">Diamond League champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">European Athletics Team Championships 2nd Division winner</li>
<li dir="ltr">World leader (2.03m)</li>
<li dir="ltr">World ranking (as of 19 September) - 1</li>
</ul>
<h3>Wilma Murto (FIN)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">World pole vault bronze medallist</li>
<li dir="ltr">European indoor champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">European Athletics Team Championships 1st Division winner</li>
<li dir="ltr">World ranking (as of 19 September) - 3<strong><br></strong></li>
</ul>
<h3 dir="ltr">Maria Perez (ESP)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">World 20km and 35km race walk champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">European Race Walking Team Championships 35km champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">World 35km race walk record (2:37:15)</li>
<li dir="ltr">World 20km race walk leader (1:25:30)</li>
<li dir="ltr">World ranking (as of 19 September) - 2 (20km), 1 (35km)</li>
</ul>
<h3 dir="ltr">Nafissatou Thiam (BEL)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">European indoor pentathlon champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">World pentathlon record (5055 points)</li>
<li dir="ltr">World ranking (as of 19 September) - 4</li>
</ul>
<h3 dir="ltr">Ivana Vuleta (SRB)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">World long jump champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">Diamond League champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">European indoor bronze medallist</li>
<li dir="ltr">World leader (7.14m)</li>
<li dir="ltr">World ranking (as of 19 September) - 1</li>
</ul>
<p>In alphabetical order, the 10 men's European Athlete of the Year nominees are:</p>
<h3 dir="ltr">Armand Duplantis (SWE)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">World pole vault champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">Diamond League champion&nbsp;</li>
<li dir="ltr">World pole vault records (6.22m, 6.23m)</li>
<li dir="ltr">World ranking (as of 19 September) - 1&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<h3 dir="ltr">Matthew Hudson-Smith (GBR)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">World 400m silver medallist</li>
<li dir="ltr">European 400m record (44.26)</li>
<li dir="ltr">World ranking (as of 19 September) - 4</li>
</ul>
<h3>Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">World 5000m champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">World 1500m silver medallist</li>
<li dir="ltr">European indoor 1500m and 3000m champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">Diamond League mile and 3000m champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">World 2000m record (4:43.13) and world two-mile best (7:54.10)</li>
<li dir="ltr">European 1500m (3:27.95, 3:27.14),&nbsp; mile (3:43.73) and 3000m records (7:23.63, 7:24.00)</li>
<li dir="ltr">World ranking (as of 19 September) - 1 (1500m), 5 (5000m)</li>
</ul>
<h3 dir="ltr">Josh Kerr (GBR)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">World 1500m champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">World ranking (as of 19 September) - 3</li>
</ul>
<h3 dir="ltr">Alvaro Martin (ESP)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">World 20km and 35km race walk champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">European Race Walking Team Championships 35km champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">World 20km race walk leader (1:17:32)</li>
<li dir="ltr">World ranking (as of 19 September) - 1 (20km), 1 (35km)</li>
</ul>
<h3 dir="ltr">Wojciech Nowicki (POL)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">World hammer silver medallist</li>
<li dir="ltr">European Team Championships winner</li>
<li dir="ltr">World leader (81.92m)</li>
<li dir="ltr">World ranking (as of 19 September) - 1&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<h3 dir="ltr">Daniel Stahl (SWE)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">World discus champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">European Team Championships winner</li>
<li dir="ltr">World ranking (as of 19 September) - 2<strong><br></strong></li>
</ul>
<h3>Gianmarco Tamberi (ITA)</h3>
<ul>
<li>World high jump champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">European Team Championships winner</li>
<li dir="ltr">World leader (2.36m)</li>
<li dir="ltr">World ranking (as of 19 September) - 3</li>
</ul>
<h3>Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">World long jump champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">European indoor long jump champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">European Team Championships winner</li>
<li dir="ltr">World ranking (as of 19 September) - 1&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<h3 dir="ltr">Karsten Warholm (NOR)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">World 400m hurdles champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">European indoor 400m champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">World ranking (as of 19 September) - 1</li>
</ul>

<p dir="ltr"><strong>Have your say and vote now for your men&rsquo;s and women&rsquo;s Rising Stars across the European Athletics <a href="https://www.instagram.com/europeanathletics/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/EuroAthletics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EuropeanAthletics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook</a> accounts!</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">The men&rsquo;s and women&rsquo;s Rising Stars and European Athletes of the Year will be crowned at the Golden Tracks awards ceremony which takes place in Vilnius, Lithuania on 21 October and will be streamed live on the European Athletics YouTube channel.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The social media vote accounts for one-quarter of the overall vote with the Member Federations vote, media vote and expert panel vote each accounting for one-quarter of the final vote.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">You can submit your vote by 'liking' the image of the nominee across the three social media channels.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">Voting closes across all channels on Monday 2 October and three finalists in each category will be announced on our social media channels in the following days.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Last year&rsquo;s Rising Star winners were Elina Tzengko from Greece and Lithuania&rsquo;s Mykolas Alekna, European champions in the women&rsquo;s javelin and men&rsquo;s discus respectively.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Past winners of the Rising Star award are no longer eligible for nomination and no athlete who has served a drug ban of one-year or longer will be nominated for either the Rising Star or European Athlete of the Year awards.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">The nominees for the men's and women's European Athlete of the Year award will be revealed across social media on Friday (22).&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">In alphabetical order, the 10 nominees for the women's Rising Star award are:&nbsp;</p>
<h3 dir="ltr">Rhasidat Adeleke (IRL)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">World 400m fourth-placer</li>
<li dir="ltr">NCAA 400m champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">European 400m leader (49.20)</li>
<li dir="ltr">World ranking (as of 19 September) - 6 (400m)</li>
</ul>
<h3 dir="ltr">Agate Caune (LAT)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">European U20 3000m and 5000m champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">European Athletics Team Championships 2nd Division 5000m winner</li>
<li dir="ltr">World 5000m and&nbsp;European indoor 3000m finalist&nbsp;</li>
<li dir="ltr">Second on European U20 all-time 3000m (8:39.78) and fourth on 5000m list (15:00.48)</li>
</ul>
<h3 dir="ltr">Olivia G&uuml;rth (GER)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">European U23 3000m steeplechase champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">World finalist&nbsp;</li>
<li dir="ltr">Second on European U23 all-time 3000m steeplechase list (9:20.08)</li>
</ul>
<h3 dir="ltr">Larissa Iapichino (ITA)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">European indoor long jump silver medallist</li>
<li dir="ltr">European U23 champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">World long jump fifth-placer</li>
<li dir="ltr">World ranking (as of 19 September) - 3</li>
</ul>
<h3>Jana Koscak (CRO)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">World U18 heptathlon best (6293)</li>
<li dir="ltr">World indoor U18 pentathlon best (4585)</li>
<li dir="ltr">World U20 heptathlon leader (6293)</li>
<li dir="ltr">World U18 high jump (1.92m) and heptathlon (6293) leader</li>
<li dir="ltr">Seventh on the European U20 all-time heptathlon list&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<h3 dir="ltr">Silja Kosonen (FIN)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">European U23 hammer champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">World fifth-placer&nbsp;</li>
<li dir="ltr">Fourth on European U23 all-time list (74.19m)</li>
<li dir="ltr">World ranking (as of 19 September) - 6</li>
</ul>
<h3>Nina Chioma Ndubuisi (GER)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">European U20 shot put champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">World U20 leader (17.97m)</li>
</ul>
<h3 dir="ltr">Angelina Topic (SRB)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">European U20 high jump champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">World seventh-placer&nbsp;</li>
<li dir="ltr">European indoor fourth-placer</li>
<li dir="ltr">World U20 leader (1.97m)</li>
<li dir="ltr">World ranking (as of 19 September) - 4</li>
</ul>
<h3 dir="ltr">Alida Van Daalen (NED)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">European U23 shot put and discus champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">European U23 shot put leader (18.32m)</li>
</ul>
<h3 dir="ltr">Audrey Werro (SUI)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">European U20 800m champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">European Athletics Team Championships 1st Division winner</li>
<li dir="ltr">European indoor finalist</li>
<li dir="ltr">World U20 800m leader (1:58.13)</li>
<li dir="ltr">World U20 1000m record (2:34.89)</li>
<li dir="ltr">Fourth on European U20 all-time 800m list (1:58.13)</li>
</ul>
<p>In alphabetical order, the 10 nominees for the men's Rising Star award are:&nbsp;</p>
<h3>Mykhailo Brudin (UKR)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">European U20 discus champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">World U20 leader (66.58m, 1.75kg)</li>
<li dir="ltr">Second in the U23 discus at the European Throwing Cup</li>
</ul>
<h3>Mattia Furlani (ITA)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">European U20 long jump champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">World U20 leader (8.24m)</li>
<li dir="ltr">Equal fourth on the European all-time U20 list (8.24m)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Amadeus Graber (GER)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">European U20 decathlon champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">World U20 leader (8209p)</li>
<li dir="ltr">Third on the European all-time U20 decathlon list (8209p)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Jonathan Grahn (SWE)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">European U20 3000m champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">European U20 5000m silver medallist</li>
<li dir="ltr">Second on the European all-time U20 3000m list (7:43.38)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Gyorgy Herczeg (HUN)</h3>
<ul>
<li>European U20 javelin champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">European U20 record and second on world U20 all-time list (84.98m)</li>
<li dir="ltr">World U20 leader (84.98m)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Havard Bentdal Ingvaldsen (NOR)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">European U23 400m champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">European Team Championships winner</li>
<li dir="ltr">World sixth-placer&nbsp;</li>
<li dir="ltr">Second on European all-time U23 list with 44.39</li>
<li dir="ltr">World ranking (as of 19 September) - 10</li>
</ul>
<h3>Niels Laros (NED)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">European U20 1500m and 5000m champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">World 1500m finalist</li>
<li dir="ltr">European mile record (3:48.93)</li>
<li dir="ltr">European U20 2000m best (4:49.78)</li>
<li dir="ltr">Second on the European all-time U20 1500m (3:31.25) and 5000m (13:23.01) list</li>
<li dir="ltr">Fourth on the European all-time U20 800m list (1:44.78)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Ben Pattison (GBR)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">World 800m bronze medallist</li>
<li dir="ltr">World ranking (as of 19 September) - 6</li>
</ul>
<h3>Markus Rooth (NOR)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">European U23 decathlon champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">World eighth-placer</li>
<li dir="ltr">Fourth on European all-time U23 list (8609p)</li>
<li dir="ltr">World ranking (as of 19 September) - 10</li>
</ul>
<h3>Marek Zakrzewski (POL)</h3>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">European U20 100m champion</li>
<li dir="ltr">European U20 200m champion</li>
</ul>

<p dir="ltr"><strong>European Athletics has teamed up with American-based events solution company <em>haku</em> to power the 2025 and 2027 European Running Championships, the newest event on the European Athletics calendar of major championships.</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">Haku will act as the race registration and CRM (Customer Relationship Management) technology partner for the inaugural edition which takes place in Brussels-Leuven, Belgium on 12-13 April 2025.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">Not only will Europe&rsquo;s leading distance runners contest for medals across three distances, the European Running Championships will also open its doors to thousands of non-elite runners to register via haku to each of the three championship races: the marathon, half marathon and 10km.</p>
<p dir="ltr">In an effort to deliver an unmatched championship experience for all participants, European Athletics has handpicked haku to power the championships thanks to their dynamic technology ecosystem, unrivalled service and support as well as a clear and proven track record of delivering exceptional results for globally renowned brands and world class events.</p>
<p dir="ltr">European Athletics&rsquo; Running Unit director, Marko Vasic said: &ldquo;With the ambition to be runner-friendly and technology savvy, we at European Athletics strive to have the best runner&rsquo;s digital experience at the first-ever European Running Championships.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">&ldquo;With haku solutions, runners will be able to engage with European Athletics and the European running community on their road to the Championships as well as their amazing race day experience. With haku, we will treat every runner as an athlete and every athlete as a champion. Welcome to the European Running Championships - it's about the championship feeling, and for everyone.&rdquo;</p>
<p dir="ltr">Jackie Levi, co-founder and CSO at haku, said: "We are thrilled and deeply honoured to be selected by European Athletics as we support the European Running Championship event and other tech needs for the Running Strategy of European Athletics.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">&ldquo;In an ever-evolving world, event organisers demand technology solutions that are not only adaptable and cost-effective but also contribute to measurable revenue growth &ndash; and that's precisely what we offer to our esteemed partners. We eagerly anticipate bringing these transformative benefits to European Athletics and the inaugural European Running Championship.&rdquo;</p>
<p dir="ltr">This partnership between European Athletics and haku represents an exciting development in athletics event technology in Europe.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><img src="https://european-athletics.directus.app/assets/71d5e401-fcc4-4850-a266-8d41db909eeb?width=1390&amp;height=432" alt="Ver2 Color"></p>

<p dir="ltr"><strong>Carolina Johnson became the first Swedish winner of the women&rsquo;s 30km since 2017 at the TCS Liding&ouml;loppet, a World Athletics Cross Country Tour Silver event, on Saturday (23).</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">In the first of five World Athletics Cross Country Tour Silver and Bronze events to be held in Europe in the build-up to the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Brussels on 10 December, Johnson won over the atypical cross country distance of 30km in 1:54:25 ahead of four-time winner and course record-holder Sylvia Medugu from Kenya in 1:56:08.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">&ldquo;Maybe it wasn't what everyone had expected but I still had the goal of reaching a top position. The goal was still high up, maybe at the very top,&rdquo; said Johnson as reported by <em>SVT</em>.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr"><img src="https://european-athletics.directus.app/assets/b09c660e-1e9e-4535-881b-ffbdc7e39a71?width=5000&amp;height=5000" alt="230923 Lidingoloppet 029"></p>
<p dir="ltr">A former European U20 3000m steeplechase silver medallist, Johnson&rsquo;s ascent into the senior ranks has been blighted by injuries but the 27-year-old has aspirations of representing Sweden on the track next year at the Roma 2024 European Athletics Championships and the Olympic Games in Paris.</p>
<p dir="ltr">&ldquo;It wouldn't really have been me if I hadn't aimed for the biggest and I think that everything is possible. Besides, I have a lot left to do and have a lot to get out,&rdquo; said Johnson.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">American international Diego Estrada won the men&rsquo;s 30km in 1:39:11 ahead of Sweden&rsquo;s Linus Rosdahl in 1:40:27, adding his name to an illustrious roll-of-honour which includes the likes of 1980 Olympic 5000m silver medallist Suleiman Nyambui from Tanzania and Kenya&rsquo;s Douglas Wakihurii, the 1987 world marathon champion.</p>
<p dir="ltr">More than 25,000 runners from 70 countries took part across the programme, signalling a return to pre-pandemic levels of participation in the world&rsquo;s biggest cross country race.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The next European fixture on the World Athletics Cross Country Silver and Bronze tour is the Autumn Open International in Dublin, Ireland.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">The full calendar can be found <a href="https://european-athletics.directus.app/assets/2e479d82-5d6f-4c9d-9f23-a2ab02701504/Calendar%20WA%20Cross%20Country%20Tour%202024%20Europe.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.&nbsp;</p>

Johnson upsets four-time winner Medugu as cross country season begins at the Lidingöloppet 

<p dir="ltr"><strong>It&rsquo;s time to dig out and dust off the cross country spikes! The road to the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Brussels on 10 December begins this weekend.&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">The famous TCS Liding&ouml;loppet takes place in Lidingo, just to the east of Stockholm, on Saturday (23) and is one of eight World Athletics Cross Country Tour Silver and Bronze events to be held in Europe in 2023-24, all of which fall under the administration of European Athletics.&nbsp;</p>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr" aria-level="1">
<p dir="ltr" role="presentation">The full calendar (as of 21 September) can be found <a href="https://european-athletics.directus.app/assets/2e479d82-5d6f-4c9d-9f23-a2ab02701504/Calendar%20WA%20Cross%20Country%20Tour%202024%20Europe.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a></p>
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</ul>
<p dir="ltr">Five of those events take place before the European Cross Country Championships and are generally a useful indicator of who&rsquo;s in form and who could challenge for medals at the focal point of the continental cross country season.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The Liding&ouml;loppet is one of the world&rsquo;s longest running cross country events on the calendar with the first iteration dating back to 1965. The event is also something of an outlier on the cross country circuit with the senior races held over a non-traditional distance of 30 kilometres.</p>
<p dir="ltr">But whoever wins will follow in the footsteps of some illustrious names. The legendary Grete Waitz from Norway won the discontinued 15km race on 12 occasions between 1976 and 1988 along with former world marathon record-holders Ingrid Kristiansen (1987) and Tegla Loroupe (1992, 1994)&nbsp;while leading Swedish distance runners Malin Ewerlof (1996, 2001, 2009) Mustafa Mohamed (2003-04, 2008), Napoleon Solomon (2017, 2018) and Samuel Tsegay (2022) have all triumphed in the 30km event.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><img src="https://european-athletics.directus.app/assets/d6127be6-9c5c-4723-9712-099280b7bf48?width=5472&amp;height=3648" alt="Foto: Peter Holgersson AB"></p>
<p dir="ltr">With up to 30,000 runners from 70 countries expected to take part across all distances, there is a strong mass participation element to the Liding&ouml;loppet which was once described by World Athletics President Sebastian Coe as &ldquo;as one of the world&rsquo;s great cross country running competitions.&rdquo; The Liding&ouml;loppet is also listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world&rsquo;s biggest cross country race.</p>
<h2 dir="ltr">Next stop...Dublin</h2>
<p dir="ltr">The World Athletics Cross Country Tour in Europe heads south to Dublin (15 October) and Belfast (21 October) the following month before the race for selection for the Spanish team at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships begins in earnest with the famous Cross Internacional Zornotza in Amorebieta - another event which can boast a rich tapestry of history dating back to 1954 - one day later on 22 October.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">The last fixture on the calendar before the SPAR European Cross Country Championships is the Warandecross in Tilburg on 26 November, an event which always attracts strong Dutch and European athletes - many of whom have gone on to feature in the race for medals at the European Cross Country Championships.</p>
<p dir="ltr">This brings the SPAR European Cross Country Championships into view with this year&rsquo;s edition on 10 December returning to Laken Park in Brussels for the second time after the Belgian capital first staged the event in 2008.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Unbeaten in European Cross Country Championships history, Jakob Ingebrigtsen could aim to extend this remarkable record by challenging for his third successive senior title - and his seventh in total - while his Norwegian teammate Karoline Bjerkeli Gr&oslash;vdal is very likely to target a hat-trick of individual titles in the senior women&rsquo;s race.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr"><img src="https://european-athletics.directus.app/assets/02535dd7-e973-4330-9280-c0a276c883de?width=3000&amp;height=2000" alt="Getty Images 1245539347"></p>
<p dir="ltr">From a domestic standpoint, a full strength Belgian team could challenge for a medal in the mixed relay which would add to their bronze from 2021 while former European U23 cross country champion Isaac Kimeli represents their best chance of winning an individual medal in the senior races.</p>
<p dir="ltr">In sub-zero temperatures, Kimeli won bronze on a twisty and undulating course in Turin behind Jakob Ingebrigtsen last December as well as silver behind another Ingebrigtsen - this time Filip - five years ago on a flat albeit muddy course in Tilburg.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">The SPAR European Cross Country Championships will be streamed live in its entirety on the All-Athletics platform through the European Athletics website and will be accompanied by expert English-language commentary.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>Steven Mills for European Athletics</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>

The road to Brussels begins! Two days to go to the 2023-24 World Athletics Cross Country Tour

<p dir="ltr"><strong>France&rsquo;s Jimmy Gressier was one of the standout individual European performers at the inaugural World Athletics Road Running Championships in Riga, Latvia on Sunday (1).</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">The nine-time gold medallist at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships demonstrated his versatility and ability across all distances and surfaces with a fifth-place finish in the half marathon in a lifetime best of 59:46 in just his second race at the distance.</p>
<p dir="ltr">In a race which produced a Kenyan clean sweep led by Sebastian Sawe in 59:10, Gressier was the leading non-African finisher in fifth and the Frenchman also moves up to fifth on the European all-time half marathon list.</p>
<p dir="ltr">"It's just my second half marathon so I am very happy, especially with the personal best. During the race I just focussed on myself, on my place, I didn't watch the chrono [time] as it was a world championships.</p>
<p dir="ltr">"Now I am thinking about the European Cross Country Championships [in Brussels on 10 December] but my main focus is now on my holidays, I haven't had a break for a long time," said the smiling Gressier who will be looking to improve on his senior bronze medal from 2021.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">With two finishers inside the top-10, Great Britain claimed a bronze medal in the women&rsquo;s team race in the half marathon.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Spearheaded by early leaders Calli Thackery and Samantha Harrison who finished seventh and ninth in 68:58 and 69:26 respectively and backed up by Clara Evans in 22nd in 70:53, the British triumvirate pipped South Africa for bronze by 11 seconds based on cumulative times - 3:29:15 to 3:29:16 - behind Kenya (3:22:25) and Ethiopia (3:27:55).</p>
<p dir="ltr">Despite Paula Radcliffe triumphing individually at three editions of the World Half Marathon Championships, this was just Great Britain&rsquo;s second team medal at this distance after individual winner Liz McColgan led the Brits to team silver at the inaugural World Half Marathon Championships in 1992.</p>
<p dir="ltr">And Calli Thackery also follows in the footsteps of her father Carl who won individual and team bronze at the 1993 World Half Marathon Championships.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">"I have been trying to get under the 69 minutes for quite a long time, so I am delighted to do it in a Championship race," said Thackery.&nbsp;</p>
<h2 dir="ltr">Elson strikes for a surprise silver in the road mile</h2>
<p dir="ltr">That was Great Britain&rsquo;s second medal of the day after Callum Elson won a surprise but superb individual silver in the men&rsquo;s road mile.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">With more than a dozen athletes still in contention for the title with the finish-line just beyond the Monument of Freedom in sight, the Brit struck early into a strong headwind and was rewarded for his aggressive running.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Elson was run down in the last 50 metres by 20-year-old Hobbs Kessler from the United States who won in a world record of 3:56.13 but Elson held on for silver in 3:56.41, just ahead of former world record-holder Sam Prakel (3:56.43) and France&rsquo;s Mael Gouyette (3:56.57).</p>
<p dir="ltr">&ldquo;When we were coming into the final 100m, I just thought: &lsquo;if you don&rsquo;t give it a go and try to win, you are going to go to bed and regret it&rsquo;. So, I thought, &lsquo;strike now and give it everything&rsquo;. I just about held on for a medal. I was fading badly so another 50 metres I would have been in a world of trouble,&rdquo; said Elson.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Elson&rsquo;s time of 3:56.41 was the fastest time ever recorded by a European on a record eligible course but outside the European record target time which has been set at 3:52.5.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">In the women&rsquo;s 5km which opened the programme, Italy&rsquo;s Nadia Battocletti looked more than at home as she committed to the leading group which contained the likes of world 5000m bronze medallist Beatrice Chebet who opened Kenya&rsquo;s title haul in 14:35.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">Behind a phalanx of Kenyans and Ethiopians, Battocletti was an excellent fifth in an Italian record of 14:45, just one second shy of Sifan Hassan&rsquo;s European 5km record in a women&rsquo;s only race.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Her long-time rival in the age-group ranks, Slovenia&rsquo;s Klara Lukan was tenth in a national record of 15:25.</p>
<p dir="ltr">France's Etienne Daguinos was the leading European finisher in the men's 5km in sixth in 13:25. Awet Kibrab equalled the Norwegian record of 13:28 in eighth and Sweden's Jonas Glans was tenth in an outright national record of 13:32.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The inaugural European Running Championships take place in Brussels-Leuven on 12-13 April 2025.&nbsp;</p>
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<p dir="ltr"><strong>The focus of attention this weekend shifts to the first ever staging of the World Athletics Road Running Championships which takes place in the Latvian capital of Riga on 1 October.</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">Some 347 athletes from 57 countries, including some of Europe&rsquo;s finest distance runners, have entered the three individual medal events comprising the championships - road mile, 5km and half marathon - and they will be joined by runners from as many as 90 countries who have registered for the mass events running alongside the elite races.</p>
<p dir="ltr">This format of bringing the mass and elite runners together for one big festival of running will be repeated at the 2025 European Running Championships which take place for the very first time in Brussels-Leuven on 12-13 April.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The focal point of those championships will be the marathon which will take place on a course starting in Brussels and finishing in the historic town of Leuven. And whoever crosses the line first will have the cachet of being crowned men&rsquo;s and women&rsquo;s European champions in the event.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The programme for the 2025 European Running Championships also includes races over 10km and the half marathon distance.</p>
<p dir="ltr">For more information on the European Running Championships, please click <a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/competitions/european-running-championships/overview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.&nbsp;</p>
<h2 dir="ltr">Who are Europe&rsquo;s leading hopes in Riga?</h2>
<p dir="ltr">European 5000m champion Konstanze Klosterhalfen will be looking to finish her summer on a high note after a persistent foot injury forced her to miss the World Athletics Championships in Budapest.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Klosterhalfen might be better known for her track exploits but the German showed her potential at the longer distances last autumn with a highly promising half marathon debut in Valencia where she took the victory in 65:41.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">Based on lifetime best performances, Klosterhalfen is the fifth fastest in the line-up which is headed by Olympic marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir from Kenya (65:06) and her teammate Irine Kimais (64:37).</p>
<p dir="ltr">Klosterhalfen will be joined on the start-line by teammate Alina Reh (68:42), who will be using this race as part of her preparation for her marathon debut in the Valencia Marathon in December, although with only two entrants, the Germans won&rsquo;t be able to contend for the team race after winning a surprise bronze at the 2020 World Half Marathon Championships.</p>
<p dir="ltr">A British team featuring Samantha Harrison (67:17) and Calli Thackeray (69:01) should feature individually and in the team race while Sweden&rsquo;s Sarah Lahti and France&rsquo;s Mekdes Woldu are also among the fastest European entrants with lifetime bests of 68:19 and 69:43 respectively.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Similarly, Europe&rsquo;s best hope in the men&rsquo;s half marathon lies with a runner who might be better known for his exploits on other surfaces - namely cross country - but also showed his talent with an auspicious debut only a few months ago.</p>
<p dir="ltr">France&rsquo;s Jimmy Gressier broke the one hour-barrier in his first race at the distance in the Paris Half Marathon in March, finishing third in 59:55. On the road to Paris 2024, can Gressier break up the expected East African hegemony in the event?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Reigning European marathon champion Richard Ringer from Germany will also be in the field (61:09) although with Italy's Pietro Riva (60:30) and his teammate Iliass Aouani (62:32) who broke 2004 Olympic marathon champion Stefano Baldini's Italian marathon record earlier this year with 2:07:16.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">The European all-time road mile lists are likely to undergo significant revision this weekend.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Based on times set on record eligible courses, the European all-time lists are headed by Swedes Ulf Hogberg and Maria Akraka at 3:57.1h and 4:29.0h and it will be interesting to see if anyone can threaten the European record target times which have been set at 3:52.5 and 4:21.5.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The standout entrants in the women&rsquo;s race featuring Kenya&rsquo;s Faith Kipyegon are Spain&rsquo;s Maria Perez and Sarah McDonald from Great Britain while Italy&rsquo;s Mohad Abdikadar Sheik Ali will arrive full of confidence fresh from ending his track season by running a 1500m PB of 3:33.79.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Multiple European cross country medallists Nadia Battocletti from Italy and Klara Lukan from Slovenia highlight the European interest in the women&rsquo;s road 5km and Spain&rsquo;s Ouassim Oumaiz and former European U20 5000m champion Joel Ibler Lilles&oslash; from Denmark are among the leading European entrants in the men&rsquo;s 5km.</p>

Europe’s standout runners take on the world at inaugural World Running Championships in Riga

<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>European Athletics President Dobromir Karamarinov hailed the continent's successes at the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23, which concluded after nine days of competition on Sunday night.</strong><br><br>"I would like to congratulate every single competitor who represented a European Athletics Member Federation at this year&rsquo;s World Athletics Championships," said Karamarinov, who was present in the Hungarian capital as both European Athletics President and a World Athletics Council Member.&nbsp;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">"To qualify for these championships alone is an outstanding achievement worthy of note and one that is only achieved through hard work and dedication.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">"Many of those who were in Budapest will, I am sure, represent their countries at next year&rsquo;s European Athletics Championships in Rome and I am already looking forward to seeing them in action once again, this time on the continental stage in what is the most important and prestigious competition in the portfolio of our won organisation."</p>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">"In Budapest, there were 16 European gold medals &ndash; the biggest number from our continent's athletes since 2017 &ndash; who came from nine Member Federations. In addition, there were another 31 silver and bronze medals won and 18 nations won a medal of one colour or another."</p>
</blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">"This means that almost a third of our Member Federations had at least one medallist in this global competition, once again showing the strength of our sport at the very highest level across the entirety of Europe and across the spectrum of athletics events from sprints to race walking."</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">"In addition, there were two championship records set by European athletes, five world leading marks, 36 national records, a huge number of personal bests and I have to mention Great Britain&rsquo;s Matthew Hudson-Smith, who set a European 400m record of 44.26 and broke a record that had stood for 26 years.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">"After the successes of nine days of successful and very enjoyable competition in the Hungarian capital, I look forward to honouring many of the winners in person at our glittering<a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/european-athletics/organisation/congress-and-convention" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Golden Tracks annual awards night which this year will be Vilnius, Lithuania on 21 October </a>where we will announce the European Athletes of the Year for 2023," added Karamarinov.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In addition, to the 2023 European Athletes of the Year, the Golden Tracks ceremony in October will also see the announcement of the winners of the 2023 European Rising Star of the Year award.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Candidates for all the Golden Tracks awards, and voting details. will be announced in mid-September.</p>

President Karamarinov hails European successes at World Athletics Championships

<p class="p1"><strong>Two championship records, one championship best, five world U20 leads, 13 European U20 leads, one national senior record, five national U23 records and 35 national U20 records were set on the Conica surface at the Jerusalem 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships last week.</strong></p>
<p class="p1">One of the standout performances came from Latvia&rsquo;s rising distance star Agate Caune who smashed the championship record and her personal best with 15:03.85 in the women&rsquo;s 5000m to become the third athlete ever to achieve the 3000/5000m double in the European Athletics U20 Championships.</p>
<p class="p1">Another prodigious distance talent, Niels Laros of the Netherlands, although well off the championship records in tactical races, unleashed a lightning-fast 51.35 last 400m in the 1500m en-route to his 1500/5000m distance double.</p>
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<p class="p1">Meanwhile, Italy&rsquo;s Mattia Furlani came out on top in a thrilling men&rsquo;s long jump final which saw both the gold and silver medallists go further than the previous championship record. Bulgaria&rsquo;s Bozhidar Sar&acirc;boyukov&nbsp;jumped over eight metres five times, including a Bulgarian U20 record of 8.22m in the second round, but it wasn't enough to displace Italy's Mattia Furlani from the top of the podium with a championship record of 8.23m.</p>
<p class="p1">There was a championship best in the decathlon pole vault too, with Germany's Amadeus Gr&auml;ber clearing 5.10m on his way to win gold with a world U20-leading total of 8209 points overall, thanks to a string of personal bests. All three medallists achieved over 8000 points with Austria's Matthias Lasch taking silver and Andrin Huber of Switzerland bronze.</p>
<p class="p1">In the women&rsquo;s pole vault, Lithuania's Rugilė Miklyčiūtė took silver with a 5cm personal best, improving her own national record of 4.15m. It was the only national senior record set during a championships which saw no fewer than 40 age group records.</p>
<p class="p1">Nina Chioma Ndubuisi in the women&rsquo;s shot put and Max Lampinen in the men&rsquo;s hammer also set world U20 leads, and world U20 bronze medallist and European U18 champion Mykhailo Brudin set world U20 leads in both qualification (65.48m) and in the final (66.58m).</p>
<p class="p1">Sprinters clearly loved the Conica surface too, with plenty of personal bests set across the board and a host of national records in the sprints and relays as well as other events.</p>
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<h2 class="p1">A four-year partnership</h2>
<p class="p1">Last year, European Athletics announced a four-year Partnership Agreement with the renowned track manufacturer until the end of 2026, awarding Conica the status of Preferred Supplier of European Athletics in the &lsquo;tracks and sport flooring&rsquo; category.</p>
<p class="p1">This means that Conica is designated as an Official Supplier at events where their tracks are used, covering European Athletics Championships, European Athletics Indoor Championships, European Athletics Team Championships and European Athletics U18/U20/U23 Championships &ndash; so it looks like records will continue to fall!</p>
<h2 class="p1">About Conica</h2>
<p class="p1">Conica has been developing and manufacturing innovative seamless flooring solutions based on polyurethane and epoxy resins for sports, games, leisure as well as other areas for over 40 years. Conica is one of the world&rsquo;s market leaders and innovation drivers in this field. The user-oriented requirements for technical and sports functional performance as well as usability while guaranteeing health aspects of the material itself and for the user are the focus of product development. Conica is part of the Serafin group of companies based in Munich.</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>View the full <a href="https://jerusalem23results.european-athletics.com/resEAA/pdf/JER2023/ATH/JER2023_ATH_C81_ATH-------------------------------.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">list of records set</a> at Jerusalem 2023.</strong></p>

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