A year ago Denmark’s men of Sparta AM and the French women from CA Montreuil 93 suffered the despair of relegation from senior Group A of the European Champions Clubs Cup.

Europe’s fastest men will gather in Nassau on Saturday knowing that they can be allowed a weekend off from individual success.

Czech Republic's Barbora Spotakova has never won gold at the European Athletics Championships - but that could all change in a few months time.

The progress of Great Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson has been at a lightning pace, and now the woman she is looking to emulate believes this could be her summer of gold.

It is thrilling enough to be the host country for the major athletics event of the summer - and that excitement grows even more as the team gradually starts to be chosen.

The 2014 European Speed Conference, hosted by British Athletics and England Athletics, will take place on the 8th-9th of November at The Belfry Golf Course near Birmingham.