European Athletics organised a One-Day Meetings Seminar in partnership with EuroMeetings in Barcelona, Spain, from 4-6 April with 36 meeting organisers in attendance to discuss the future of athletics meetings in Europe.
Networking, self-belief, and mentoring were the dominate themes at the second Women in World Athletics (WIWA) seminar hosted by European Athletics and British Athletics in Kenilworth, England, over the weekend.
With the 2014 European Athletics Team Championships (21-22 June, Braunschweig, Germany) just two and a half months away, European Athletics is launching the media accreditation procedure for written press, photographers and broadcast non-rights holders.
Jip Vastenburg chose last year’s European Junior Championships to showcase her brilliance over 5,000m, but that seems just the start of what could be some career for the Dutch distance runner.
The organisation and content of the European Athletics Congress in Skopje and Convention in Tallinn were among the main topics for discussion at the European Athletics Reflection Commission meeting in Prague at the weekend.
Nicola Spirig became a national heroine in Switzerland in 2012 when she won triathlon gold at the Olympic Games in London - but now her career has taken her in a new direction.
European Athletics President Hansjörg Wirz met with a delegation of members from the Turkish Athletics Federation at the European Athletics Head Office in Lausanne on Thursday.
In 2013, it was so much their year - as the European Athletics Awards night last October proved, when the two were crowned European Athletes of the Year.
