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European Athletics Championships 2024: Schedule, start times and how to watch
6 months, 4 weeks ago

European Athletics Championships 2024: Schedule, start times and how to watch

The Independent  

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European Athletics Championships 2024: Dina Asher-Smith claims 100m gold in Rome
7 months ago

European Athletics Championships 2024: Dina Asher-Smith claims 100m gold in Rome

The Hindu  

Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith maintained her form perfectly to claim her second European 100m title in Rome on Sunday. European Athletics Championships 2024: Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs defends 100m title “I am in really great shape, I feel really good. It is definitely a new way to win a race for me, so that is a plus.” Asher-Smith, the 2019 world …

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Track and field to leave multi-sport European Championships
2 years, 6 months ago

Track and field to leave multi-sport European Championships

Associated Press  

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Track and field is leaving the multi-sport European Championships after the 2022 edition in Munich. The European Athletics governing body said it would return to a stand-alone event in 2026 rather than be part of the collective championships, which were first held in 2018 and expanded to nine sports for the next edition in August. Being independent …

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Sifan Hassan voted European athlete of the year; Femke Bol named Rising Star
3 years, 2 months ago

Sifan Hassan voted European athlete of the year; Femke Bol named Rising Star

NL Times  

European Athletics selected Dutch Olympic gold medalist Sifan Hassan to Women's European Athlete of the year at the Golden Tracks award ceremony in Lausanne on Saturday evening. At the European Athletics event, 21-year-old Femke Bol was voted Rising Star of the year for her performance in the 400-meter hurdles during the Olympics. Bol broke the European female record for the …

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Lawyer: Caster Semenya to go to European Court of Human Rights
4 years, 1 month ago

Lawyer: Caster Semenya to go to European Court of Human Rights

News 18  

Caster Semenya’s lawyer said Tuesday they will take her case to the European Court of Human Rights in what’s likely to be a last-ditch legal challenge against regulations that require the South African and some other female athletes to artificially lower their natural testosterone levels to compete. Semenya, the two-time Olympic champion in the 800 meters, has twice lost legal …

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Coronavirus: European Athletics asks status of Euro Championships
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: European Athletics asks status of Euro Championships

The Hindu  

Europe's athletics governing body asked on Wednesday whether this year's European Championships in Paris can be held while the deadly coronavirus pandemic continues to spread. In a statement, European Athletics said its executive board had asked the local organising committee for the event, set to take place between August 25-30, to perform “a study of possible alternative scenarios for hosting. …

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Colosseum features in Rome bid for 2024 Euro athletics
4 years, 11 months ago

Colosseum features in Rome bid for 2024 Euro athletics

India TV News  

Holding the shot put competition in front of the Colosseum was part of Rome’s bid on Friday to host the 2024 European athletics championships. The Italian athletics federation said it has the full support of the government and city — even though bids for the 2020 and 2024 Olympics using many of the same venues were rejected due to financial …

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