World decathlon record-holder Kevin Mayer has qualified for his third successive Olympic Games after scoring a world lead of 8552 points at the Meeting de la Reunion on Saturday (19) to surpass the Olympic qualifying standard of 8350 points.

In the second episode of 'My Story' presented by European Athletics, Karsten Warholm tells the story of his remarkable career all the way from running his first ever race in a pair of jeans and a t-shirt to becoming the best 400m hurdler in the world.

The December issue of European Athletics’ twice yearly newsletter ‘Inside Track’ has been published and can be viewed and downloaded in pdf format under Related Documents.

Renowned coach Jean-Pierre Egger was honoured at the annual ‘Sports Awards’ 2020 in Switzerland on Sunday (13) evening.

The coronavirus pandemic has decimated the autumn road racing season but European athletes with aspirations of qualifying for the Olympic Games made the most of the limited racing opportunities afforded to them over the weekend.

European Athletics has launched a new and exciting six-part documentary series entitled ‘My Story’ in which some of Europe’s most successful athletes speak candidly on some of the greatest and career-defining moments of their illustrious careers.

European Athletics continues its series of women’s athletics leaders’ profiles by having a conversation with Donna Fraser, a three-time Olympian (1996, 2000 and 2004) and currently the Equality, Diversity and Engagement Lead and Domestic Operations Manager at UK Athletics.

European Athletics has launched a new six-part documentary mini-series entitled My Story, based on exclusive interviews conducted with some of European athletics’ biggest star names.

European Athletics Interim President Dobromir Karamarinov met with HRH Prince Feisal bin Al Hussein of Jordan this week to discuss a strategy for dramatically improving the safeguarding of athletes across Europe.

For Armand Duplantis, the awards and the accolades keep on coming and no doubt even more will be heading in the direction of the precocious Swede who amassed arguably the greatest season in pole vaulting history in 2020.

Reigning three-time European indoor champion Marcin Lewandowski from Poland has made no secret of his plans to challenge for a fourth successive gold medal next March and he will have extra incentive after he was officially announced as an official ambassador for the Torun 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships on 5-7 March.

Ayad Lamdassem rolled back the years to break the long-standing Spanish record in the Valencia Marathon on Sunday (6), leading five Spaniards under the 2:10-barrier on home soil.

Armand Duplantis’ exceptional season in the pole vault was recognised at the World Athletics Awards 2020 which was held virtually on Saturday (5) afternoon.

From Juha Väätäinen’s long distance double in Helsinki to Snezana Pajkic’s unexpected 1500m title in Split and Dafne Schippers’ 100m title in Amsterdam, we remember eight incredible home victories in European Championships history. 

Sweden’s world pole vault record-holder Armand Duplantis received the prestigious and highly acclaimed Bragdguldet prize - the Gold Medal prize - which has been awarded annually since 1925 by Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet.

European Athletics is very saddened to hear of the passing of four-time European sprint champion and former world 400m record-holder Maria Itkina at the age of 88.

Thirteen nations will battle it out for the two promotion spots into the Super League at the 2021 European Athletics Team Championships First League in Cluj-Napoca, Romania on 19-20 June.

The Berlin 2018 European Athletics Championships were highlighted in part by the performances of two exceptionally talented teenagers who both entered the record books for their marvellous exploits in the Olympic Stadium.

European Athletics is extremely saddened to learn that Executive Board Member Frank Hensel from Germany died on Sunday (29) at the age of 70.

With less than 100 days until the Torun 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships, we take a look back at eleven incredible moments in Polish indoor athletics history, including world records, gold medals and other record-breaking achievements over the last 45 years.

Four European athletes have been announced as finalists for the 2020 World Athlete of the Year awards which will be presented virtually on Saturday 5 December.

The latest European Athletics profile of a women’s athletics leader on the continent is of Kerstin Novotny, who was the Athletics Sports Director of the Berlin 2018 European Athletics Championships.

If everything goes to plan, France’s Renaud Lavillenie will make a long overdue return to the rostrum at the Torun 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships before embarking on the defence of his world indoor title in Nanjing, China at the end of March.

In the first significant road race to take place in Spain since the end of February, Fernando Carro marked the resumption of the domestic road racing calendar by clocking the fastest ever road 10km by a Spaniard in Alcobendas on Sunday (22).

European Athletics Green Inspiration Partner Mondo will have another of the continent’s top athletics events staged on one of its tracks after the announcement last week that the European Athletics Team Championships Super League will return to Poland next year with the Slaski Stadium in the Silesian city of Chorzow being the venue.

With just over 100 days to go until the Torun 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships, a delegation from European Athletics travelled to the Polish city to inspect the facilities and examine the preparations on the first in-person site visit since the coronavirus pandemic struck in March.

As European Athletics celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2020, we take a look back at some of the memorable world record-breaking exploits to be achieved at the European Athletics Championships over the last five decades.