Put together the ages of Belgium’s Louise Carton and Isaac Kimeli and the combined total is 42.

European Athletics President Svein Arne Hansen and First Vice President Dobromir Karamarinov attended the 22nd Podgorica Marathon on 25 October as part of their visit to Montenegro.

There is a new name at the top of the European Athletics rankings for the men’s marathon this morning and the runner he has replaced has been there for only nine months.

Gymnastics and Golf are to join the prestigious line up of leading sports who will stage their European Championships together in 2018 for the first time in their history, it was announced today.

Even now, more than nine years on, watching the 10,000m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg remains a thrilling spectacle.

The first IAAF/European Athletics Technical Delegates seminar for out-of-stadium events was held at the IAAF Headquarters in Monaco on 17-18 October.