Over the holidays, European Athletics looks back on our major events in 2013. To begin with, here is the first half of a two-part review of the 2013 European Athletics Team Championships.

A total of 6,000 runners are expected in all categories including most of Europe’s top cross country runners at the Iris Lotto Crosscup.

The names Mirjana Stojanovic and Eva Kunigas were not, perhaps, as instantly recognisable to the assembled audience as the World Championships gold medallists, but their considerable achievements and decades of service to athletics were recognised as b...

European Athletics is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Sigyn Ekwall of Sweden, a leading member of the athletics community.

After Germany crowned two throwers as sports personalities of the year, it was Russia’s turn to name two jumpers as theirs at the National Physical Culture and Sports Awards ceremony in Moscow.

The sport of athletics was celebrated at the annual German Sports Gala in Baden-Baden where throwing duo Robert Harting and Christina Obergföll were named German Sports Personalities of the year.