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Double European champion Ntrismpioti dominates 20km race walk at Balkan Championships

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McColgan blasts to a British record of 65:43 in the Berlin Half Marathon

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Marathon man Petros to target European 10,000m Cup en route to Budapest

European champions Perez and Martin headline an all-star Spanish team for Podebrady

With 100 days to go until the European Athletics U23 Championships take place in Espoo, Finland, we take a look at 10 athletes who could light up the Lepp&auml;vaara Stadium from 13-16 July.
<h3>Keely Hodgkinson (Great Britain &amp; NI)</h3>
Keely Hodgkinson might have Olympic and world 800m silver medals to her name - not to mention three European senior titles - but the European Athletics U23 Championships very much feature in her plans this summer.
But Hodgkinson will be dropping down in distance to contest the 400m in Espoo in a bid to sharpen up for the World Athletics Championships in Budapest and a tilt at her first global senior title.
Hodgkinson, who holds the British 800m record at 1:55.88, has a lifetime best of 52.41 in the 400m and she has also expressed her interest in being involved on British 4x400m relay teams in the future.
The Brit could potentially cross paths with Ireland&rsquo;s Rhasidat Adeleke, the reigning European U20 100m and 200m champion who has since made a sterling and seamless transition up to the 400m. The 20-year-old ran outright Irish 400m records of 50.45 and 50.33 during a typically frantic and busy indoor season on the US collegiate circuit.
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<h3>Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine)</h3>
Yaroslava Mahuchikh has accrued a full complement of European titles across all age-groups dating back to the 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships when she broke through with gold in Gyor at the age of 16.
Still only 21, Mahuchikh is eligible to defend her European U23 high jump title this summer. The Ukrainian won gold two years ago in Tallinn with a championship record of 2.00m.
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<h3>Pia Skrzyszowska (Poland)</h3>
After the heartbreak of missing the European Athletics Indoor Championships due to an untimely hamstring injury, Pia Skrzyszowska will have another chance of adding to her continental title collection in Espoo this summer.
Skrzyszowska won gold in the 100m hurdles two years ago, defeating soon-to-be world indoor champion Cyrena Samba-Mayela from France in an exciting final. The Pole also tasted senior success in 2022, storming to gold in Munich at the age of 21.
While her prowess in the hurdles has been more than evident since her junior days, Skrzyszowska also led the 2022 European U23 list in the 100m flat with a lifetime best of 11.12.&nbsp;
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<h3>Elina Tzengko (Greece)</h3>
The reigning European senior champion and Rising Star will seek yet more continental silverware in the javelin at the European U23 Championships in Espoo.&nbsp;
Speaking after accepting her award at the Golden Tracks in Tallinn, the Greek thrower said: &ldquo;I already have a European U20 title and a senior title so I want the U23 title. I have two really important competitions next year: the European U23 Championships and the World Championships.&rdquo;
Could Tzengko also challenge the championship record of 65.60m which belongs to Christin Hussong, her predecessor as European senior champion?
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<h3>Mykolas Alekna (Lithuania)</h3>
Like Tzengko, fellow Rising Star Mykolas Alekna could complete the same trio of European titles in the discus this summer. After winning U20 gold in Tallinn, Alekna defeated the recently crowned world champion Kristjan Ceh from Slovenia for gold in Munich last year to become the youngest ever gold medallist in the event in European Athletics Championships history.
And the Lithuanian, whose lifetime best stands at 69.81m, could have his sights on the championship record of 67.48m which was set by Ceh two years ago in Tallinn.&nbsp;
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<h3>Sasha Zhoya (France)</h3>
France&rsquo;s Sasha Zhoya was one of the standout junior athletes in 2021, winning gold medals at the European and World Athletics U20 Championships and decimating the world U20 record in the 110m hurdles with 12.72.
The transition to the senior ranks and the higher hurdles has not been without its difficulties but Zhoya still made the final at the European Athletics Championships in Munich last summer amid an injury-disrupted season.
Further injury problems sidelined Zhoya during the indoor season but if he can stay healthy, the Frenchman will be an exciting and electric prospect in the 110m hurdles in Espoo. For posterity, the championship record of 13.23 belongs to his coach Ladji Doucoure.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<h3>Silja Kosonen (Finland)</h3>
Hosts Finland will have some tangible gold medal prospects in Espoo this July, including reigning world and European U20 hammer champion Silja Kosonen.
Kosonen also broke the world U20 hammer record with 73.43m in her stellar junior career before making an impact in senior competition last summer, finishing inside the top eight at both the World Athletics Championships and European Athletics Championships while she was still a teenager.
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<h3>Saga Vanninen (Finland)</h3>
Still only 19, Saga Vanninen has followed Kosonen through the ranks. The exciting Finnish combined eventer won the same double in the heptathlon in 2021 before rounding off her junior career by defending her title at the 2022 World U20 Championships.
Vanninen, who finished seventh in an already legendary pentathlon competition at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul, is particularly strong in the throwing events and can already boast lifetime bests of 16.12m in the shot put and 49.22m in the javelin.
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<h3>Sander Skotheim (Norway)</h3>
In less than two years, Norwegian multi-eventer Sander Skotheim has graduated from European U20 decathlon silver medallist to European indoor heptathlon silver medallist, beaten only by France's world record-holder Kevin Mayer in Istanbul last month.
Can Skotheim graduate to U23 gold in the decathlon in Espoo later this summer? And there could be the prospect of a Norwegian one-two in the decathlon with Markus Rooth - who has a slightly higher lifetime best at 8307 points to Skotheim&rsquo;s 8298 points - still in the U23 ranks.&nbsp;
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<h3>Blessing Afrifah (Israel)</h3>
Blessing Afrifah broke through last summer at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali where he ended Letsile Tebogo&rsquo;s sprint double aspirations, pipping the Botswanan in a thrilling 200m final with a European U20 record of 19.96.
Only a fortnight after becoming the first European to break the 20 second-barrier as a junior, Afrifah reached the European 200m final in Munich where he was the youngest finalist by four years.
Still only 19 and in his first season in the U23 ranks, Afrifah looks well placed to win a rare sprint title for Israel in Espoo later this summer.
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German record-holder Amanal Petros achieved the milestone of his first big city marathon victory in the Hannover Marathon on Sunday (26) in a course record of 2:07:02.
But the German is planning to drop down in distance over the course of the summer. Petros has his sights on the World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August and the 26-year-old is looking to achieve the 10,000m qualifying time of 27:10 at the European 10,000m Cup in Pac&eacute;, France on 3 June.
Petros finished second at the European 10,000m Cup in 2019 before shifting his focus to the marathon - and with palpable success. He represented Germany at the distance at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, finished fourth on home soil at the Munich 2022 European Athletics Championships and has also lowered the national record down to 2:06:27.
His winning time of 2:07:02 in Hannover was the second fastest of his career thus far. After the race, Petros spoke to Leichtathletik.de in depth about the race and his plans for the summer season. The full version of the interview can be read in German <a href="https://www.leichtathletik.de/news/news/detail/77822-amanal-petros-konzentriere-mich-im-sommer-auf-die-10000-meter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
<h3>What does it mean to you to have won your first marathon in Germany and also to have set a new course record?</h3>
Amanal Petros: The course record was the goal. That means a lot to me and is a huge motivation. I have never run a city marathon in Germany. It's quite an experience. I'm super excited and can't wait to come back, be even better prepared and run an even better time. I met so many friendly people this weekend; it was a great pleasure.
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<h3>So what is your plan for the rest of the season?</h3>
Amanal Petros: I will train for the 10,000m and maybe 5000m. I want to focus on short distances to improve my speed. I thought I hung up my spikes more than two years ago; now I need to get them back and go find them so I can work on the track. From the end of May I would like to train at altitude again.
<h3>Are you also planning on the track for the World Championships in Budapest?</h3>
Amanal Petros: Yes, in any case. First of all, the goal is to tick off the World Championships qualifying standard. I would also like to run the European 10,000m Cup.
<h3>You have already shown what you can do on the road this year with a new German 10km record of 27:32. What do you expect on the track then?</h3>
Amanal Petros: I think if I can run 27:20-27:15 on the track, my marathon will be much faster in the future. That's the goal, and that's why I'm now orienting myself back down to the shorter distances.
<h3>You have now run a spring marathon in Germany, are you also aiming for an autumn marathon, especially since you have been part of the SCC Berlin marathon team since this year?</h3>
Amanal Petros: Yes, the marathon in Berlin is the big goal. This is of course the most special marathon in the world. I have very high expectations and will prepare myself from now on. But I don't want to reveal too much about it just yet.

Since the European Athletics Indoor Championships began in Vienna in 1970 no Finnish woman had won a gold medal.&nbsp;
That all changed in Istanbul this month as European pole vault champion Wilma Murto secured a historic win with a national indoor record of 4.80m.&nbsp;
And within 24 hours the Atakoy Arena witnessed another Finnish women&rsquo;s victory as Reetta Hurske equalled her national record of 7.79 to secure the 60m hurdles title.&nbsp;
It was a faultless technical performance which left in her wake the Dutch athlete who won this title in 2019 and 2021 - Nadine Visser who took silver in 7.84 - and Switzerland&rsquo;s European outdoor bronze medallist Ditaji Kambundji, who was third in 7.91.&nbsp;
&ldquo;I put myself under a little bit of pressure before the start; I do not know [why] but I was so nervous,&rdquo; said Hurske. &ldquo;I know what I am doing but that was my first time winning gold. I believe I can build on this towards the outdoor season.&rdquo;&nbsp;
It was a decisive victory, coming at the end of an escalatingly good indoor season.&nbsp;
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Her form this year has been a model of steady progression - her personal best of 7.79, first set in winning in Madrid, was her fifth Finnish record of the year, following marks of 7.90, 7.88, 7.86 and 7.81.&nbsp;
Her form in last year&rsquo;s indoor season was also highly impressive, but any hopes she might have had of improving her record at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade - where he reached the semifinals in 2018 - were ended by an untimely bout of COVID.&nbsp;
&ldquo;I competed in Paris [in the build-up to Belgrade] and after that I was ill for two days. And then I got a positive test, so that was it,&rdquo; she said laconically.
Hurske, who is coached by Marjukka Suihko, said she had been confident of victory beforehand because of her consistency this season.&nbsp;&nbsp;
&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve had five records, and now I have my first gold,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m very satisfied. I know I&rsquo;m getting in shape, so that&rsquo;s my goal reached for the indoor season.&nbsp;My goal for the outdoor season is to run my personal best and the national record and to be in my best shape for the World Championships in Budapest.&rdquo;&nbsp;
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The 27-year-old from Ikaalinen has already shown solid form at the World Athletics Championships, having reached the semifinals in Doha in 2019 and in Oregon last year.&nbsp;
Watching Murto win her competition the previous day was an ideal preparation for her as she looked towards her own competition.&nbsp;
&ldquo;It was a great encouragement when Wilma got the gold,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;I was very pleased that she got the win. I haven&rsquo;t seen her since because she is already home, but we will talk.&rdquo;&nbsp;
Asked why she felt she had been able to make such progress this year, she replied: &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been healthy, and I have more strength than last year. There have been no big technical changes.&rdquo;&nbsp;
Hurske, who likes to follow basketball and ice hockey when she is not busy with athletics, reflected upon the switching fortunes in her event, where the top European in this year&rsquo;s world list with 7.78, Poland&rsquo;s Pia Skrzyszowska, was unable to complete her season because of a hamstring injury.&nbsp;
&ldquo;I think I was unlucky last year and maybe lucky this year!&nbsp;
&ldquo;The Polish girl was unlucky this year,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;I hope she will be able to compete later this year.&rdquo;&nbsp;
If so, that will be a competition worth waiting for.&nbsp;
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Antigoni Ntrismpioti collected another title this weekend at the Balkan Race Walking Championships in Antalya, Turkey on Sunday (9).
The double European champion from Munich 2022 won the 20km race walk title in 1:29:56 to win by a clear distance - along one kilometre - from former European U20 champion Meryem Bekmez from Turkey in 1:33:49.
Now 39, Ntrismpioti&rsquo;s main target this year is the World Athletics Championships in Budapest this August but the veteran Greek race walker also has her sights set on the upcoming European Race Walking Team Championships in Podebrady on 21 May.
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It was at that biennial competition in 2021 when Ntrismpioti came to wider attention by winning the inaugural staging of the 35km race walk to become the first ever Greek gold medallist at the European Race Walking Team Championships.
Ntrismpioti followed suit by winning the first ever staging of the 35km race walk at the Munich 2022 European Athletics Championships before taking a come-from-behind victory in the 20km race walk.
Ntrismpioti, who has been training in Australia this winter, was one of four individual Greek winners in Antalya. Former European U18 silver medallist Olga Fiaska won the 35km race walk in 2:58:44 and Alexandros Papamichail won the men&rsquo;s event in 2:37:25.
Anastasia Antonopoulou also won the U20 women&rsquo;s 10km title in 48:45.
<h2>Alekna opens with a world leading 68.39m in Berkeley</h2>
Fellow European champion Mykolas Alekna from Lithuania also began his season in auspicious form.
The 20-year-old, who also won silver at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon and was crowned 2022 Rising Star at the Golden Tracks last October, achieved a world leading mark of 68.39m in the discus at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational in Berkeley, California on Saturday (8).
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In the hammer, Great Britain&rsquo;s European U23 fourth-placer Anna Purchase added almost three metres to her lifetime best with 73.02m to finish second behind Canada&rsquo;s Camryn Rogers who set a world lead of 77.30m.
In San Diego on Friday (7), European shot put bronze medallist Jorinde Van Klinken from the Netherlands achieved the second best mark of her career so far in the discus with 67.05m.
Olympic champion Valarie Allman from the United States won the competition with an excellent early season world leading mark of 70.25m.

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With 700 days before the start of the competition, the race has begun for athletics fans to buy their tickets. Tickets can be purchased at <a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/competitions/european-athletics-indoor-championships-2025/overview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">apeldoorn2025.com</a> while regular tickets will be on sale as of March 2024.
From 6-9 March 2025, the Omnisport Apeldoorn will be at the centre of the athletics world and the Netherlands will turn orange again for a fantastic elite sports event. This will be the third time the Netherlands has staged the European Athletics Indoor Championships after prior editions in Rotterdam (1973) and The Hague (1989).
The ambition of the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships is to create an unforgettable and inspiring event under the motto &lsquo;Moving People&rsquo; and to further position the sport of athletics among the young and old.
The championships is also unveiling a social activation programme to promote the championships and get people moving. Plans include a mass participation running event for 10,000 participants to promote the sport and additionally make the connection with the huge number of runners in the Netherlands.
At the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul last month, the Netherlands won three gold medals and finished second on the medal table.
Femke Bol won gold in the 400m and anchored the Netherlands to gold in the 4x400m in a championship record and Douwe Amels claimed a surprise title in the high jump.
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Returning to the city in which she won silver in the 5000m at the 2018 European Athletics Championships, Eilish McColgan showed her range by taking victory in the Berlin Half Marathon on Sunday (2) and smashing her British record in the process.
McColgan shattered her previous record of 66:26 with a winning time of 65:43 which takes her to fourth on the European all-time list behind Sifan Hassan (65:15), Melat Kejeta (65:18) and Konstanze Klosterhalfen (65:41).&nbsp;
Fellow Brit Paula Radcliffe has also run faster with 65:40 in the Great North Run - the fastest time ever recorded when it was set back in 2003 - but that was set on a record ineligible course between Newcastle and South Shields.
This was McColgan&rsquo;s second record-breaking performance of the season after she eclipsed Radcliffe&rsquo;s legendary British 10,000m record with 30:00.86 last month and anticipation continues to grow ahead of her upcoming marathon debut in the London Marathon on 23 April.&nbsp;
Running in second place for most of the race, McColgan reeled in world cross country silver medallist Tsigie Gebreselama in the 17th kilometre before forging on in cold and windy conditions. McColgan did slow in the very late stages, and clutched her hamstring once and twice on the approach to the finish, but the victory and another national record was never in doubt.
&ldquo;I felt my hamstring tighten badly around one kilometre to go. Fingers crossed it's just cramp, but thanks for all the lovely messages!&rdquo; said McColgan on social media.
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Gebreselama and fellow Ethiopian Yalemget Yaregal were second and third respectively in 66:13 and 66:27 while McColgan&rsquo;s teammate Samantha Harrison was fourth, also in a lifetime best of 67:17.
In the men&rsquo;s race which was won by Kenya&rsquo;s Sebastian Sawe in 59:00, Norway&rsquo;s European 10,000m silver medallist Zerei Kbrom was the leading European finisher in fifth in 60:39 ahead of Portugal&rsquo;s Samuel Barata in seventh in 61:40.&nbsp;
Samuel Fitwi won the battle of the Germans in ninth in 61:44, one place ahead of Aaron Bienenfeld in 61:51. "We have helped each other during the race,&rdquo; said Fitwi who will be making his marathon debut in the Berlin Marathon this September.
<h2>Crippa clocks 2:08:57 on his marathon debut in Milan</h2>
European 10,000m champion Yemaneberhan Crippa finished fifth in the Milan Marathon on his debut at the distance on Sunday (2) in 2:08:57.&nbsp;
Crippa was aiming to break the Italian record of 2:07:16 and even though he fell short of this mark, his time was still the second fastest debut time by an Italian marathon runner.&nbsp;
"I'll try again next season; I will try to be even more prepared, aware that we can do much better. Now I plan to be back in action in the 10km road race in Monza on 14 May and to be at the European 10,000m Cup on 3 June in Pac&eacute;, France where I will be looking for the standard for the World Championships in August in Budapest,&rdquo; said Crippa as quoted by FIDAL.
Ugandan debutant Andrew Kwemoi took the victory in 2:07:14.
In the Paris Marathon on Sunday, Samuel Tsegay finished ninth in a Swedish record of 2:09:47. Mehdi Frere was the leading French finisher in 10th in 2:11:04 with 2018 European 10,000m champion and French record-holder Morhad Amdouni 12th in 2:12:45.
At the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto on Saturday (1), two-time European U23 cross country champion Charles Hicks from Great Britain won the 10,000m in 27:57.47 and led five runners under the 28 minute-barrier.
Behind Hicks, British teammate Scott Beattie and Peter Lynch from Ireland were fourth and fifth respectively in lifetime bests of 27:58.92 and 27:59.27.&nbsp;
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European Athletics Council met in Lausanne on Wednesday (15), with preparations for the 2023 European Athletics Congress next month the principle items on the agenda, and used the occasion to reaffirm European Athletics' current position that athletes from Russia and Belarus should remain banned from European Athletics events and activities until the war in Ukraine comes to an end.
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, the World Athletics Council took the decision on 1 March 2022 to impose sanctions against its Member Federations of Russia and Belarus.
On the same evening, European Athletics Council unanimously decided to follow the World Athletics position and also impose sanctions against its Member Federations of Russia and Belarus.
European Athletics continues to strongly endorse the position outlined initially in the European Athletics statement of 1 March 2022 that &ldquo;all athletes, support personnel and other officials from Russia and from Belarus will be excluded from participating at any European Athletics&rsquo; events for the foreseeable future with immediate effect.&rdquo;
&ldquo;With the war in Ukraine having now continued for more than a year, the European Athletics Council wanted to show that we have not wavered in our position concerning the continued ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes, support personnel and other officials, not just from the competitions but all events and activities,&rdquo; said European Athletics President Dobromir Karamarinov.
&ldquo;The war has been devastating for Ukraine and, as a sporting organisation, European Athletics notes that this includes Ukraine&rsquo;s sports infrastructure and its athletes.
"We will continue to support the Athletics Federation of Ukraine so that athletes from that country can still attain their potential despite the tragic situation in Ukraine,&rdquo; he added.

European Athletics reaffirms position on Russia and Belarus 

The Istanbul 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships saw, for the first time ever at a major European athletics championship, the number of female athletes competing exceed the number of male athletes.
The championships, which took place from 2-5 March, had 278 female athletes from 45 countries in action alongside 274 male athletes from 44 countries.
It was also the first time that there have been two female stadium announcers at a major European athletics championship.
Istanbul 2023 also saw some fantastic female performances too, with Belgium&rsquo;s two-time Olympic champion Nafissatou Thiam going into new territory in the women&rsquo;s pentathlon, the first world indoor record at the European Athletics Indoor Championships since 2011.
Another memorable and emotional moment came when T&uuml;rkiye&rsquo;s own Tuğba Danışmaz won the women&rsquo;s triple jump gold medal with a national record, just the third time a Turkish athlete had won gold in the 53-year-history of the championships and against the backdrop of the terrible earthquakes that caused so much devastation and loss of life last month.&nbsp;
Poignant details such as these highlight the fact that European Athletics is marking <a href="https://www.internationalwomensday.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">International Women&rsquo;s Day</a>, which celebrates the achievements of women and heralds a call to action for accelerating gender equality.
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European Athletics is working to drive gender parity and the latest Report of the European Athletics Council to the Congress details the recent constitutional changes that have been made in this area.
At the forthcoming Congress, from 21-23 April in Belgrade when elections will be held, the Constitution of European Athletics now requires that the President and the three Vice Presidents will collectively include at least two of each gender and that the 13 other Council members will include at least five members of each gender.
European Athletics has also developed several major initiatives, including the Gender Leadership Programme (formerly the Women&rsquo;s Leadership Project).
As part of this Programme, the Women Leadership Webinar Project has been developed to help enhance the skills of women in, or coming into, a position of leadership. Approximately 250 participants have taken part so far.
European Athletics has also supported several national gender leadership courses over the last three years.
Additionally, the European Athletics Women Leadership Awards recognise and celebrate women leaders in athletics. The Awards' main aims are to highlight the invaluable contribution women make at the local and national levels of athletics and to inspire others to work for the benefit of the sport.
In 2021, 23 Member Federations were recognised for the contributions from the women leaders that they had nominated. The next Women Leadership Awards will be awarded at the 2023 Golden Tracks awards night in October.
European Athletics President Dobromir Karamarinov said: &ldquo;I am proud to be celebrating the achievements of all the women involved in our sport as we celebrate International Women&rsquo;s Day.
&ldquo;European Athletics is dedicated to taking proactive steps to drive gender parity in athletics, offering the tools and support women need to empower themselves to succeed in our sport &ndash; whether it&rsquo;s as athletes, coaches, administrators, officials or in areas such as the media.
&ldquo;I invite everyone involved in our wonderful sport to step forward and embrace equity in athletics wherever they see an opportunity.&rdquo;

Istanbul 2023 sees female participation exceed male participation for the first time

European Athletics President Dobromir Karamarinov hailed the Istanbul 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships, which ended on Sunday, as an outstanding edition of the championships.
&ldquo;The Championships took place in the shadow of the devastating earthquakes in T&uuml;rkiye a month ago and our first consideration was always to commemorate and hour the victims of that natural tragedy,&rdquo; said Kalamanov. &ldquo;Consequently, the Local Organising Committee, Turkish Athletic Federation and Turkish public authorities did a magnificent job organising the championships in very difficult circumstances when many of those involved in helping stage these championships, and also within the Turkish team as well, will have lost relatives and friends or otherwise been severely affected by the events of last month.&nbsp;
&ldquo;I would like to applaud everyone involved locally in organising these championships for their personal commitment at a hugely emotional time for T&uuml;rkiye and say that European Athletics will never forget the sacrifices they have made in the name of our sport.
&ldquo;One of the most poignant moments of the championships was seeing T&uuml;rkiye&rsquo;s own Tuğba Danışmaz win the women&rsquo;s triple jump gold medal with a national record but there were many other stirring occasions during our time in Istanbul, not least Belgium&rsquo;s Nafissatou Thiam winning the pentathlon title with a world record of 5055 points,&rdquo; added Karamarinov.
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In addition to Thiam&rsquo;s world record in a competition which also saw Poland&rsquo;s Adrianna Sulek go over the previous mark, three championship records were set, there were four world world-leading marks and 12 European-leading marks as well as 39 national records from the 593 entrants who represented 47 countries.
Television audience data is still being compiled but, with 30 international broadcaster and the globally available European Athletics live stream, it is expected that it will compare favourably with recent previous European Athletics Indoor Championships while the European Athletics social media channels saw record engagement figures for this event.
One of the abiding memories of the championships was the solidarity and support shown by the athletes, Member Federations, spectators and international media with those whose lives had been devastated by the earthquakes and the warmth of the Turkish people in receiving the international athletics community despite such difficult circumstances.
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The next European Athletics Indoor Championships will be held in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands from 6-9 March 2025.

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