<h2>European Athletics U20 Championships</h2>
This is a biennial outdoor athletics competition for European athletes.
It is one of European Athletics' oldest competitions, first held in 1970 after three editions of the unofficial European Junior Games which started in 1964.
Usually held in the second half of July since 1993, it attracts more than 1000 competitors to the the four-day&nbsp; event.

Athletics is a sport for all seasons - and all surfaces as well!
With the festive break over and the first results emerging from the roads, cross country as well as the track, we look ahead with anticipation to what promises to be another action-packed and exciting season of athletics in 2023.&nbsp;
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<h2><a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/competitions/eccc-cross-country/overview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ECCC Cross Country - Oropesa del Mar (5 February)</a></h2>
The longest running cross country event on the European Athletics calendar takes place for the 58th time in the Spanish coastal town of Oropesa del Mar, just to the north of Castellon.
And hosts Playas de Castellon will be hoping for another successful outing on home soil. In last year&rsquo;s event in Oeiras, Ethiopia&rsquo;s Likina Amebew and Burundi&rsquo;s Rodrigue Kwizera - both of whom are based are train in Spain - took the individual senior titles for Playas de Castellon who also won the inaugural edition of the mixed relay.
The course which runs adjacent to the Mediterranean Sea is largely flat but there will be some challenging technical elements, including a 260 metre-section on sand and a sharp 180-degree turn known as La Curva de la Muerte &ndash; or &lsquo;The Death Turn.&rsquo;
<h2><a href="https://dna.run/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DNA Indoor U20 Match - Madrid (22 February)</a></h2>
The latest instalment of the fast-paced DNA takes place in Madrid, featuring teams from six countries taking part across 11 events in a non-stop two hour programme.
After winning the senior equivalent in Glasgow last February, will the Spanish U20 team repeat on home soil next month? They will face teams from Great Britain &amp; NI, Czech Republic, Ireland, France and Turkey.
<h2><a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/competitions/european-athletics-indoor-championships/overview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">European Athletics Indoor Championships - Istanbul (2-5 March)</a></h2>
Europe&rsquo;s flagship indoor championship takes place over four days in the Atakoy Stadium in Istanbul for the first time, the host venue for the 2012 World Athletics Indoor Championships.&nbsp;
High profile names who have already announced their intentions to compete include reigning Olympic and European champions Marcell Jacobs and Jakob Ingebrigtsen, both of whom won gold medals at the last edition in Torun 2021.
Jacobs is planning another full indoor season which begins in Lodz on 4 February while Ingebrigtsen is planning an assault on the world indoor 3000m record in Madrid en route to Istanbul.
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<h2><a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/competitions/european-throwing-cup/overview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">European Throwing Cup - Leiria (11-12 March)</a></h2>
The host city of Leiria will be a familiar setting to many participants as this will be the fifth time the European Throwing Cup has been held in the Portuguese city since 2015.
Last year&rsquo;s event was highlighted by Auriol Dongmo winning the shot put on home soil and Kristjan Ceh beginning his year with a victory over all three Olympic medallists in the discus, a precursor to his victory at the World Athletics Championships.
But the event and venue is most synonymous with Johannes Vetter who threw a humongous 92.70m to smash the championship record in the javelin when the 2018 European Throwing Cup was held in Leiria.&nbsp;
<h2><a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/competitions/european-race-walking-team-championships/overview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">European Race Walking Team Championships - Podebrady (21 May)</a></h2>
Podebrady has a similar affinity with the race walking community with race walking events having been organised in the picturesque Czech spa town ever since the turn of the 20th century.
The biennial European Race Walking Team Championships will be held in Podebrady for the fourth time since 2017. Highlights in the 2021 edition included Antonella Palmisano winning the 20km race walk title en route to Olympic gold in Tokyo 2020 and Antigoni Ntrismpioti winning the inaugural women&rsquo;s 35km title.
<h2><a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/competitions/european-10000-m-cup/overview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">European 10,000m Cup - Pac&eacute; (3 June)</a></h2>
The European 10,000m Cup returns to Pac&eacute; in north-west France for its second of three outings at the start of June.
In last year&rsquo;s event, France&rsquo;s Jimmy Gressier was a runaway winner of the individual title and led the hosts to team gold while Turkey&rsquo;s Yasemin Can showed some of her form of old, winning the individual women&rsquo;s title before regaining her European 10,000m title a few weeks later in Munich.
Past winners of the European 10,000m Cup include Fernanda Ribeiro (1998, 2003) and Paula Radcliffe (1999, 2001) on the women&rsquo;s side and Dieter Baumann (1997), Mo Farah (2010) and Richard Ringer (2018) on the men&rsquo;s side.&nbsp;
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<h2><a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/competitions/european-athletics-team-championships/overview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">European Athletics Team Championships - Silesia (20-25 June)</a></h2>
For the first time in event history, all divisions of the European Athletics Team Championships will be held under one roof as part of the third edition of the European Games.
Hosts Poland will be seeking their third successive title in the Slaski Stadium in Silesia after winning the trophy in both 2019 and 2021.&nbsp;The 1st Division takes pride of place in the timetable and occupies the evening session of the last three days of competition.
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<h2><a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/competitions/european-athletics-u23-championships/overview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">European Athletics U23 Championships - Espoo (13-16 July)</a></h2>
The Finnish city of Espoo, situated just to the west of Helsinki, will be staging this year&rsquo;s edition of the European Athletics U23 Championships, a key stepping stone for athletes who have just graduated from the U20 ranks.
Highlights at the last edition in Tallinn included Kristjan Ceh and Yaroslava Mahuchikh winning gold with championship records in the discus and high jump respectively. Mahuchikh also remains eligible to defend her title in the high jump by virtue of a 2001 birthdate.
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<h2><a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/competitions/european-athletics-u20-championships/overview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">European Athletics U20 Championships - Jerusalem (7-10 August)</a></h2>
Many of the athletes who struck gold at the European Athletics U18 Championships last July are likely to make a return journey to the Givat Ram Stadium to contend for U20 honours as they continue their journey through the age-groups.
Highlights at last year&rsquo;s European Athletics U18 Championships included Mattia Furlani winning a long jump and high jump double, Niels Laros sweeping to gold in the 1500m and 3000m and Angelina Topic winning gold in the high jump with 1.92m.
<h2><a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/competitions/spar-european-cross-country-championships/overview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SPAR European Cross Country Championships - Brussels (10 December)</a></h2>
Brussels will stage the SPAR European Cross Country Championships for the second time having previously hosted the event in 2008.
Belgian success at the most recent European Cross Country Championships in Turin came courtesy of Isaac Kimeli who won bronze in the senior race behind Jakob Ingebrigtsen who could potentially challenge for his seventh successive title across all age-groups in the Belgian capital.
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From Oropesa del Mar to Brussels! A look ahead to an action-packed 2023 season

European high jump bronze medallist Angelina Topic from Serbia has been named winner of the 2022 Piotr Nurowski Best Summer European Young Athlete Prize at the annual award ceremony which was held at the International Olympic Academy in Olympia, Greece.
The award was voted on by European National Olympic Committees and Topic received 33 percent of the vote, edging out British diver Andrea Spendolini Sirieix who received 31 percent of the vote.
Topic won the European U18 high jump gold medal in Jerusalem in July before making a seamless adjustment to senior competition by winning bronze at the Munich 2022 European Athletics Championships. At 17, Topic was the youngest medallist of the entire championships.
Topic also matched the long-standing world U18 best with a 1.96m clearance at the Serbian Championships and the teenager harbours aspirations of not only winning major senior titles but rewriting the record books as she progresses through the age-group ranks.
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"I would like to make history in high jump and become one of the greatest ever. My dream is to set world records in each age category and to finalise it by winning a gold medal at the Olympics," said Topic whose goals in the shorter term could include next year's European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul and the European Athletics U20 Championships in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
When asked what it meant to her to win the award, Topic said: &ldquo;Both my parents are Olympians, so I had no choice but to be raised with the Olympic values at home from a young age. Winning this award is a dream come true. It has given me extra motivation to train hard and inspire other young athletes to achieve their dreams."
Topic, whose father Dragutin won European high jump gold in 1990 and mother Biljana won triple jump bronze at the 2009 World Athletics Championships, follows in the footsteps of fellow high jumper and reigning European champion Yaroslava Mahuchikh who won this award in 2019 and Greek pole vaulter Emmanouil Karalis, the winner in 2016.
The EOC Piotr Nurowski Prize for the Best European Young Athlete was created in 2011 to remember Piotr Nurowski, the President of the Polish Olympic Committee who died tragically in a plane crash a year earlier.
The annual prize is awarded to up-and-coming young athletes, who in recent months have showcased not only outstanding sporting achievements but also exceptional conduct on and off the field of play.
In addition to the Piotr Nurowski Prize trophy, Topic will take home a training scholarship worth 15,000 euros.&nbsp;

European bronze medallist Topic wins prestigious Piotr Nurowski Prize

Some of the outstanding athletes at last year&rsquo;s European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn last July were in excellent early season form in meetings across the United States this weekend.
In San Diego on Saturday (26), reigning world and European U20 discus champion Mykolas Alekna smashed his lifetime best by more than three metres in one of his first competitions with the senior two kilogram implement.
Still only 19, Alekna took advantage of the conducive wind conditions in San Diego to throw 66.70m to move to fourth on the Lithuanian all-time list behind a trio of global champions: 1992 Olympic champion Romas Ubartas (68.18m), 2017 world champion Andrius Gudzius (69.59m) and Mykolas&rsquo; father Virgilijus (73.88m), a two-time Olympic and world champion.
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Virgilijus&rsquo; two sons look set to continue the Alekna family dynasty and their country&rsquo;s excellent all-round tradition in the event. Mykolas&rsquo; older brother Martynas, 21, also won the U23 event at the European Throwing Cup in Leiria, Portugal earlier this month.
At the Texas Relays in Austin, European U20 100m champion Toby Makoyawo clocked a lifetime best of 10.12 in the 100m heats before sailing to a wind-aided 9.90 (+4.6) in the final while fellow European U20 100m champion Rhasidat Adeleke demonstrated her awesome versatility with a 50.5 lead-off leg in the 4x400m for the University of Texas which set a world lead of 3:22.94.
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Adeleke also ran the third leg of their victorious 4x100m team who combined to set another world leading time of 42.83.
Former European U20 long jump silver medallist Jacob Fincham-Dukes jumped a massive albeit wind-aided 8.45m in the long jump - also a wind-legal 8.06m - and Norway&rsquo;s Sondre Guttormsen cleared an early season world lead of 5.75m in the pole vault only six days after finishing eighth at the World Athletics Indoor Championships.
Reigning European champion Katerina Stefanidi from Greece finished third in the pole vault with 4.65m off an abbreviated 14-step approach. Sweden&rsquo;s Lisa Gunnarsson was fourth on countback, her 4.65m clearance also equating to a lifetime best.

Reigning European U20 champions excel in the United States

Nine athletes followed up their victories at the Tallinn 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships with victories on the global stage at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi which concluded on Sunday (22).
In doing so, these nine athletes have the unique distinction of scooping both titles in the same season. This oddity comes from the fact the World Athletics U20 Championships had to be postponed from 2020 to 2021 due to the pandemic.
But the later staging of the championships surely played to the advantage of France&rsquo;s 19-year-old Sasha Zhoya who was one of the outstanding athletes at the championships. After running under the world U20 record albeit with an illegal tailwind in Tallinn, Zhoya demolished the record he had threatened to surpass all season in Nairobi.
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The multi-talented Frenchman initially revised the mark from 12.99 to 12.93 in the semifinals despite clipping some of the barriers which were raised 99 centimetres above the ground but Zhoya put together a seamless race in the final and was rewarded with his second gold medal of the season in 12.72, taking a 0.21 off his previous mark.
While the barriers are lower for the U20s than for the seniors, Zhoya&rsquo;s time was the fastest ever recorded in the 110m hurdles across all age-groups.&nbsp;
There was very nearly a world U20 record in the men&rsquo;s discus as Mykolas Alekna from Lithuania added the world U20 title to his European U20 title in style.
Alekna just fell short of the world U20 record of 70.13m with the 1.75kg U20 discus but his winning mark of 69.81m was a championship record and the second longest throw in history with the U20 discus.&nbsp;
Sweden&rsquo;s Maja Askag overcame strong opposition to scoop both the long jump and triple jump titles at the European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn and she completed the same double on the global stage in Nairobi, becoming just the second athlete to win both titles at the same edition.
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Her teammate Gabriel Wallmark also followed up his European U20 title with the world U20 title in the men&rsquo;s triple jump. After breaking Christian Olsson&rsquo;s Swedish U20 record in Tallinn with 16.39m, Wallmark extended his record to 16.43m for gold in Nairobi.
After an excellent campaign in Tallinn, the Finns enjoyed an even better championship in Nairobi with four gold medals to finish second on the medal table behind hosts Kenya. Saga Vanninen, who is still eligible for U20 competitions next year, led from start to finish to win her second major heptathlon title of the year while world U20 record-holder Silja Kosonen set a championship record of 71.64m to win the hammer title.
Jonathan Kapitolnik has achieved two notable firsts for Israel this season. After becoming the first Israeli to win a European U20 title in Tallinn last month, Kapitolnik achieved this same accolade at the World U20 Championships. The 18-year-old cleared a lifetime best of 2.26m to win gold by a whopping nine centimetres, the largest winning margin in championship history.
Competing as an authorised neutral athlete, Russia&rsquo;s Violetta Ignatyeva also won the women&rsquo;s discus title at both championships while European U20 400m hurdles champion Berke Akcam from Turkey was promoted from silver to gold in Nairobi after initial victory Oskar Edlund was disqualified for a trail leg infringement.

Nine European U20 champions from Tallinn repeat in Nairobi

Lithuania&rsquo;s Mykolas Alekna won his second major title of the season in the discus on the last day of competition at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya on Sunday (22) and he approached the world U20 record in the process.
Alekna won the European U20 title in Tallinn last month with 68.00m but in the rarefied conditions in Nairobi, the 18-year-old improved to an unassailable 69.81m with his first throw of the final.
This mark was not only a championship record but it also represented the second longest throw in history with the U20 1.75kg implement, bettered only by Ukraine&rsquo;s Mykyta Nesterenko whose world U20 record of 70.13m has stood since 2008.
After a prodigious opener, Alekna couldn&rsquo;t improve on that first round throw but he amassed a gleaming series. Four of his five valid throws - 69.81m, 68.52m, 67.67m, 67.10m - would have sufficed for the title ahead of Jamaica&rsquo;s Ralford Mullings&rsquo; who set a lifetime best of 66.68m to win silver.
While Alekna won his second major title of the season, Sweden&rsquo;s Maja Askag brought her tally up to four gold medals after repeating the horizontal jump double which she achieved last month at the European U20 Championships in Tallinn.
After winning the long jump title in Tallinn with a wind-aided 6.80m, Askag won this title in Nairobi with a wind-legal lifetime best of 6.60m to win by one centimetre from India&rsquo;s Shaili Singh.&nbsp;
Askag, who also jumped 13.75m to win the triple jump final on Friday, became only the second athlete in championship history to win both titles after Russia&rsquo;s Yelena Lysak all the way back in 1994.&nbsp;
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Her teammate Gabriel Wallmark also won the men&rsquo;s triple jump final with a national U20 record of 16.43m and there was initially another gold medal for Sweden in the 400m hurdles before Oskar Edlund incurred the wrath of the judges for a trail leg infringement.
With Edlund disqualified, the title was passed from Sweden to Turkey with Berke Akcam adding the world U20 title to his European U20 title in a lifetime best of 49.38 ahead of neutral athlete Denis Novoseltsev in 49.62.
There was also a fourth gold medal of the championships for Finland as Heidi Salminen won the women&rsquo;s 400m hurdles in a lifetime best of 56.94 ahead of France&rsquo;s Ludivine Aubert in 57.16.&nbsp;
With four titles across the five days, Finland were the leading European nation in Nairobi and their quartet of titles takes their overall tally of gold medals from the World U20 Championships up from eight to 12.
Elsewhere on the last day of the championships, neutral athlete Natalya Spiridinova cleared a lifetime best of 1.91m to win the high jump title and the Polish 4x100m quartet further improved their European U20 record to 38.90 to win bronze in a race won by South Africa in a world U20 record of 38.51.
This marked a significant improvement in fortunes for a near-identical Polish quartet who missed out on the medals in fourth at the European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn last month.
Full results <a title="" href="https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-u20-championships/nairobi21/timetable" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.

Alekna threatens world U20 discus record with 69.81m in Nairobi

France&rsquo;s Sasha Zhoya obliterated his world U20 record in the 110m hurdles final with a 12.73 clocking on the penultimate day of the World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday (21).
Zhoya had already eclipsed the previous mark of 12.99 in the semifinals with a 12.93 clocking but an even faster time clearly beckoned as Zhoya uncharacteristically clipped a handful of hurdles en route to the world U20 record.
&ldquo;I made a lot of errors in this race. Technically it was not good,&rdquo; was Zhoya&rsquo;s assessment of his performance in the semifinal.
Zhoya didn&rsquo;t make any such mistakes in the final though. The European U20 champion seamlessly glided over all ten barriers - his rhythm barely impeded by the challenge of the 99.0cm hurdles - and was rewarded with victory and a scintillating time of 12.73 to demolish his world U20 record by 0.21.
&ldquo;I am very happy, the job is done. Since last year, when I started the 110m hurdles, that's the goal I set for myself. For the past two years, I always had small or large injuries that I had to wrestle with,&rdquo; said Zhoya, who will graduate to the senior hurdles next year with a view to represent France in the major events in 2022.
&ldquo;It&rsquo;s the quickest time on any hurdle height and that makes me really happy. Now all I need to do is to replicate my junior performance to the senior category as I now focus into transiting into the seniors. Now I am ready to tackle all the senior competitions slotted for 2022 including the World Championships in Oregon.&rdquo;
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Zhoya won by more than half-a-second from Jamaica&rsquo;s Vashaun Vascianna who was on course for a sub-13 second clocking before clattering the sixth and seventh hurdles. Vascianna still came away with a silver medal and a lifetime best of 13.25 with Poland&rsquo;s Jakub Szymanski taking the bronze in 13.43.
This was France&rsquo;s second gold medal of the championships after Erwan Konate opened the haul with victory in the long jump on Friday with a world U20 leading mark of 8.12m to improve on his bronze medal from the European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn.
But the Finns are enjoying a tangible resurgence in prospects and they are currently second on the medal table with three gold medals behind Kenya with five.
Following on from Saga Vanninen&rsquo;s victory in the heptathlon, Janne Laspa defeated European U20 champion Artur Felfner from Ukraine for the javelin title - 76.46m to 76.32m - before world U20 record-holder and Tokyo Olympian Silja Kosonen dominated the hammer final this afternoon, winning with a championship record of 71.64m.&nbsp;
"It has just been the perfect season," said Kosonen. "I&rsquo;m going to remember this day forever."
Like Vanninen, this was Kosonen&rsquo;s second major title of the season after winning at the European U20 Championships in Tallinn last month.
By contrast, Czech Republic's Frantisek Doubek was disqualified from the 400m in the decathlon in Tallinn which put paid to any prospect of a medal but the 19-year-old channeled that frustration into a gold medal-winning performance in Nairobi.&nbsp;
Doubek amassed a brilliant second day to overhaul the overnight leader and European U20 champion Jente Hauttekeete from Belgium to win the title with a world U20 leading score and Czech U20 record of 8169 points to Hauttekeete's 8053 points.
The European U20 record also fell in the men's 4x100m heats as the Polish team stopped the clock at 38.93. They smashed the previous record of 39.13 set by Germany at the 2016 World U20 Championships to qualify fastest for the final.
Full results <a title="" href="https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-u20-championships/nairobi21/timetable" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.&nbsp;

Zhoya obliterates world U20 110m hurdles record with 12.72 in Nairobi

Finland&rsquo;s Saga Vanninen added the world U20 heptathlon title to her European U20 title on the second day of the World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya on Thursday (19).
Vanninen led from the very first event - a 13.60 clocking in the 100m hurdles - and the 18-year-old never looked in danger of ceding her lead. She was the best performer in four of the seven events and won her second major gold medal in just over a month with a score of 5997 points.
This score might have been some way down on her impressive world U20 leading mark of 6271 points from the European U20 Championships in Tallinn but Vanninen&rsquo;s tally was still the third best mark by any U20 athlete in the world this season.
Vanninen led a European clean sweep of the medals in the Kenyan capital. After missing out on the medals on home soil in Tallinn, Estonia&rsquo;s Pippa Lotta Enok came away with a silver medal with 5746 points with Hungary&rsquo;s Szabina Szucs taking the bronze medal with 5674 points.
Second overnight, Austria&rsquo;s Sophie Kreiner dropped back to fifth with 5652 points.&nbsp;
In a reversal of the finishing order at the European U20 Championships in Tallinn, Serbia&rsquo;s Adriana Vilagos defeated Greece&rsquo;s Elina Tzengko in the women&rsquo;s javelin final which was interrupted by torrential rain.
One of the youngest competitors in the final, the 17-year-old Vilagos won the competition with her first round throw of 61.46m before the conditions halted proceedings.
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Tzengko gamely produced her best throw of the competition in the last round but the distance of 59.60m - which would have won the gold medal at four of the last five editions of the World U20 Championships - was insufficient to shake up the medal order.
Vilagos becomes just the second athlete to win a world U20 title for Serbia after Ivana Spanovic in 2008 and she is eligible to not only defend her world U20 title next year but also to challenge for the European U20 title in Cluj-Napoca, Romania in 2023.&nbsp;&nbsp;
However, there was a change to the standings in the last round of the men&rsquo;s shot put final which was also affected by the conditions with the throwers habitually wiping down the throwing circle before each throw.
Belarus&rsquo; Yauheni Bryhi led the competition with a first round lifetime best of 19.70m but this was eclipsed in the very last round by Cuba&rsquo;s Juan Carley Vazquez Gomes who went three centimetres further with 19.73m.
Switzerland&rsquo;s Jephte Vogel won a surprise bronze medal with 19.16m, a marked improvement on his performance at the European U20 Championships in Tallinn where he didn&rsquo;t reach the final.
His teammate Melissa Gutschmidt also won a bronze medal in the women&rsquo;s 100m final in 11.51 behind Jamaica&rsquo;s Tina Clayton (11.09) and Namibia&rsquo;s Beatrice Masilingi (11.39).
Full results <a title="" href="https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-u20-championships/nairobi21/timetable" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.&nbsp;

Vanninen adds world U20 heptathlon title to her collection in Nairobi

The European Athletics U23 and U20 Championships in Tallinn were hugely successful and record-breaking championships both on and off the track with record participation numbers and live streaming figures two of the principal indicators of success.
In spite of the challenges caused by the pandemic, a record number of athletes participated in both events. A total of 1161 athletes travelled to the European Athletics U23 Championships from 8-11 July which surpassed the previous record total of 1089 athletes from Gavle 2019.
On a similar theme, 1226 athletes travelled to the European Athletics U20 Championships from 15-18 July. This eclipsed the previous record of 1151 athletes from Grosseto 2017.
European Athletics Interim President Dobromir Karamarinov said: &rdquo;First and foremost I would like to pay tribute to the Estonian Athletic Association and the Local Organising Committee for the amazing job they did in hosting two championships back-to-back. In addition to the scheduled organisation of the European Athletics U20 Championships, they also organised the U23 Championships at very short notice and delivered both competitions to the very highest of standards.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&ldquo;We were able to provide the ideal stage for competition for these two age categories which are so important for the development of our sport in Europe, and in turn we witnessed some truly top class performances.&rdquo;
There was extensive streaming of both championships through the European Athletics website courtesy of European Athletics&rsquo; long-time partner EBU. 
As well as the main feed, their groundbreaking All Athletics platform also housed individual feeds dedicated to field events across the two championships which are available to watch on demand.
The live streaming figures follow the upward pattern of the Torun 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships with record figures amassed in both events. Over 235,000 unique viewers tuned in for both events, handsomely surpassing the figures for the 2019 European Athletics U23 and U20 Championships at 150,000 and 188,000 unique viewers respectively.&nbsp;
This shows the continued demand for live athletics across the continent and demonstrates that age-group championships are an attractive product to athletics fans as well as being imperative stepping stones in the development of young athletes.
European Athletics CEO Christian Milz said: &ldquo;The European Athletics U23 and U20 Championships in 2021 were not only an organisational feat by delivering two age category events back-to-back, but were also a record in terms of athlete numbers with approximately 1200 travelling athletes per competition proving a new record for both events.&nbsp;&nbsp;
&ldquo;Off the track the events in Tallinn, Estonia also provided new highs with 238,000 unique users and over 900,000 views for the U23 Championships, and 236,000 unique users and 872,000 views for the U20 Championships, for the live stream and video on-demand supplied via the EBU&rsquo;s All Athletics platform.&rdquo;
More than half of European Athletics&rsquo; Member Federations had medals to celebrate in both championships. A total of 27 Member Federations won medals at the European Athletics U23 Championships with that figure rising to 29 for the U20 equivalent.
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While the traditional superpowers of European Athletics dominate the medal table, there were notable firsts for some of the smaller countries in the Estonian capital. 
Andorra won its first ever European medal at the U23 Championships courtesy of bronze from Nahuel Carabana in the 3000m steeplechase and Muhamet Ramadani won Kosovo&rsquo;s first ever European title in athletics with gold in the shot put at the U20 Championships.
Also at the U20 Championships, high jumper Jonathan Kapitolnik won Israel&rsquo;s first ever gold medal at the European Athletics U20 Championships and 16-year-old long jumper Jeremy Zammit became Malta&rsquo;s first ever European U20 finalist in any event.

Record-breaking participation and streaming figures recorded for European Athletics U23 and U20 Championships

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Adeleke completes the 100/200m double | Tallinn 2021

Zhoya's Road to Gold | Tallinn 2021

Lesiewicz extends Poland's excellent 400m tradition | Tallinn 2021

Epic women's 3000m steeplechase finish | Tallinn 2021

Askag wins a long jump thriller | Tallinn 2021

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SPAR has been the principal sponsor of European Athletics since 1996, becoming synonymous with the sport during this period. Athletics is a sport where personal endeavour is combined with team participation to achieve success, and SPAR identifies with this principle through its national partners by ensuring that consumers enjoy shopping at SPAR. SPAR retailers continue to develop the brand through sponsorship awareness and through the critical link with individual athletes who are also customers of independent retailers. SPAR is proud to be involved with European Athletics, an organisation which strives to bring passion and enthusiasm for their sport to viewers, spectators and participants.

SPAR

Eurohold Bulgaria AD is a leading energy and financial group operating mainly in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (CESEE). It is listed on the Bulgarian and Warsaw Stock Exchange. Eurohold owns Euroins Insurance Group AD (EIG), one of the largest insurance groups in the region. EIG provides a full range of insurance products, serves over 4 million customers in 13 countries and has over 3000 employees.

Eurohold

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.

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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

Conica has been developing and manufacturing innovative seamless flooring solutions for sports, games and leisure for over 40 years and is one of the world'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 the health aspects of the material itself, and for the user, are the focus of Conica's product development.  Conica is part of the Serafin group of companies based in Munich, Germany.

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Polanik is a family company, founded by Wiesław Szczepanik in 1966. It produces athletics equipment having over thousand products in the offer. Polanik fully equips stadiums all over the world and handles the highest-level athletics events. Stars of athletics beat world records using Polanik products. Polanik is held in high regard by many for top quality and advisory services for designers and investors of athletics stadiums.

Polanik

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

Getty Images is the world's leading creator and distributor of visual content – with award winning editorial photographers and videographers covering hundreds of Sports, Entertainment, and News events daily. Digital asset management and distribution services optimize efficiency and content syndication for hundreds of media partners and rights holders.

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The first companies of Würth MODYF Group were founded in Künzelsau, Germany and Neumarkt, Italy in 1997 as an independent subsidiary of the Würth Group and can thus look back on more than 25 years of experience in the field of workwear and safety footwear.

Würth MODYF Group currently operates companies in seven countries and has more than 400 employees in Germany, France, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland. Smaller sales units support Würth MODYF’s customers in Austria, the Netherlands and Belgium. Würth MODYF Group is continuing to expand internationally, opening new branches all over Europe.

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