How fitting in this week of the European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn that one of Estonia’s greatest athletics sons should reach a landmark of his own.
Just one track final was completed on the first day of competition in Tallinn but Ali Kaya’s gun-to-tape win in the 10,000m will surely remain the most dominant of the European Under-23 Championships.
President Svein Arne Hansen and Vice President Jean Gracia underlined the importance of the European Athletics U23 Championships on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the event in Tallinn, Estonia.
The Germans took a one-two in the discus in Tampere but with three throwers in the field with personal best in excess of 60 metres, the first ever clean sweep in the event might be on the cards by the time we reach the final on Sunday afternoon.
The anti-doping education programme will be one of the central elements of the upcoming European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn and Junior Championships in Eskilstuna.
