Whatever hope the 27 runners in the heats of the 800m on Thursday evening have at the European Athletics U23 Championships in Tampere, it should be filled with great expectation.

In the end it came down to a last lap sprint as Pyotr Bogatyrev of Russia swept away from his team-mate, Aleksandr Ivanov, from the 19km mark to successfully defend his title in 1:21.31 at the European Athletics U23 Championships on Wednesday.

The athletes press conference took place this afternoon just before the first medals were decided in the Walks at the Tampere 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships.

The ninth European Athletics U23 Championships press conference took place at the intimate Tampere stadium overlooking the waters of Ratinan Suvanto with President Hansj rg Wirz emphasising the records that have already been broken even before the act...

The scene was the Darius and Girenas Stadium in Kaunas, the year was 2009, the race was the final of the women's 400m hurdles and the occasion was the European Athletics U23 Championships. As the runners hit the home turn, Perri Shakes-Drayton, of Grea...

A total of 1010 athletes from 46 European Athletics Member Federation countries have entered for the 22nd European Athletics Junior Championships to be held in Rieti, Italy, from 18-21 July.