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<p><strong>Men&rsquo;s discus world record holder Mykolas Alekna logged the tenth 70 metre-plus competition of his career in Berkeley, USA on Saturday (3).</strong></p>
<p>The Lithuanian Olympic silver medallist produced an awesome series including an opening 71.29m, a third round 70.31m and a fifth round 71.06m.&nbsp;</p>
<p>At the same meeting, Sweden&rsquo;s Caisa-Marie Lindfors won the women&rsquo;s discus with 61.52m. Meanwhile in the same event in Jacksonville, USA, European U23 champion Alida van Daalen won with 65.45m, setting a marker for a promising season to come. &nbsp;</p>
<h2>Rooth returns with javelin PB</h2>
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<p>Norway&rsquo;s Olympic decathlon champion Markus Rooth emerged from winter training at a domestic meeting in Baerum with a new javelin personal best of 67.90m, a 1.03m improvement from his result at the Paris Olympics. &nbsp;</p>
<p>On the roads, Germany&rsquo;s Samuel Fitwi Sibhatu was second to Kenya&rsquo;s James Kipkurui at the Gutenburg Mainz Half Marathon. The winner clocked 60:50, with Fitwi Sibhatu 32 seconds behind. It was just five seconds adrift of his lifetime best, set when placing fifth at the Roma 2024 European Athletics Championships.</p>
<p><strong>Chris Broadbent for Eruopean Athletics</strong></p>

Weekend round up | Alekna goes over 70 metres and Olympic champion Rooth returns with PB

<p><strong>The European Athletics Council met for a three-day meeting in Sarajevo (2-4 May) to deliberate on strategic developments, competition innovations, and governance matters shaping the future of the sport across the continent.</strong></p>
<p>Dobromir Karamarinov, President of European Athletics said: &ldquo;It was a very productive European Athletics Council meeting in Sarajevo and I would like to give special thanks to our hosts from the Bosnia and Herzegovina Federation for their hospitality, professionalism, kindness and generosity.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Thank you also to all the council members, and LOCs and Member Federation guests who contributed to a programme of stimulating and innovative series of presentations and discussions that gave us all confidence that our sport is progressing in a very healthy direction.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Together as a European athletics family, we can look to the future years with real excitement and optimism.&rdquo;</p>
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<p>Christian Milz, CEO, European Athletics, said: &ldquo;As ever, it was a very rewarding and valuable few days spent with colleagues across the sport, all unified in their commitment to grow and develop athletics across Europe. Thank you to everyone for their contribution to a very successful European Athletics Council meeting.&rdquo;</p>
<h2>Three new events for Birmingham 2026</h2>
<p>European Athletics Council approved changes to the programme of the European Athletics Championships (subject to the approval of the European Athletics Congress in Batumi, Georgia on 25 October).</p>
<p>The race walking events at Birmingham 2026 and beyond will now be contested over half marathon and marathon distances rather than 20km and 35km for men and women, but when the European Athletics Championships take place in Olympic years, only the half marathon race walk will take place.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Additionally, a new 4x100m mixed relay competition will be held for the first time at Birmingham 2026. The 4x400m mixed relay was successfully introduced at the Roma 2024 European Athletics Championships and was won by Ireland. This new event brings the tally for the popular relay events across men&rsquo;s and women&rsquo;s and mixed disciplines to six.</p>
<h2>Birmingham 2026 and Madrid 2026 on track</h2>
<p>Presentations made on the Madrid 2025 European Athletics Team Championships 1st Division and Birmingham 2026 European Athletics Championships revealed the organisers to be well on track for a successful event. &nbsp;</p>
<p>Cherry Alexander OBE, Vice President of European Athletics and Championship Director for Birmingham 2026 said: &ldquo;It was a very exciting day in Sarajevo, with the Athletic Ventures team updating European Athletics Council on the progress of Birmingham 2026.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We covered the timetable, broadcast, ticketing plans, social impact and plans for the out of stadium marathon and race walks and we received a very pleasing response, acknowledging the innovative ideas, professionalism and progress to date as we build towards delivering a spectacular European Athletics Championships in 2026.&rdquo;</p>
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<p>The Council approved the qualification standards and the Road to Birmingham 2026 European Athletics Championships as well as the qualifications standards for the Rieti 2026 European Athletics U18 Championships.</p>
<p>After the first two editions of the European Off Road Championships in El Paso 2022 and Annecy 2024, the event was reviewed and approval was given to revamp the championships concept, including changing the name and business model towards a more attractive event to hosts, participants and fans.</p>
<p>The Council were updated on Governance matters and then approved the proposed Human Rights Policy, European Athletics Safeguarding Policy and Regulations and as well as European Athletics Code of Ethics review in the preparation for 2025 European Athletics Congress later this year.</p>
<h2>Denmark in focus</h2>
<p>And in the area of Development, the Council received updates of the different projects highlighting progress around the new Athletics for All initiative and environmental sustainability strategy. Within the Focus Federation Programme the Danish Athletics Federation had their final presentation to the Council.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>The programme allows for closer collaboration between European Athletics and individual Member Federations, providing mutual support to help develop the relationship, identify shared goals and better develop athletics in their country. &nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;We are truly honoured to be part of the European Athletics Focus Federation Programme,&rdquo; said Klaus N&oslash;rby Jakobsen, CEO of Danish Athletic Federation. &nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;This initiative offers a valuable opportunity for Danish Athletics to strengthen our strategic direction and enhance collaboration within the broader European athletics community. We look forward to exchanging knowledge, learning from our peers, and fostering innovation across all levels of our sport.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Our particular focus is on building sustainable structures that support our fan engagement, youth development, and elite performance&mdash;laying the foundation for long-term growth of athletics in Denmark.&rdquo;</p>
<p>As the host federation for this Council meeting the Bosnia and Herzegovina Athletics Federation had the opportunity to meet with the Council and present their structure and strategy.</p>
<p>The Audit Report and Financial Reports for 2024 were presented to council and will be subject of validation at Congress 2025, which will be the focus for the next European Athletics Council meeting scheduled for 29 August in Lausanne, Switzerland.</p>

Three new events at Birmingham 2026 agreed at European Athletics Council

<p><strong>Normal service was resumed as Armand Duplantis went over six metres at the Shanghai Diamond League on Saturday (3). The Swede won the opening Diamond League of the year last weekend (26) in Xiamen, where winds restricted him to a best of 5.92m.&nbsp;</strong></p>
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<p>But Mondo was back in familiar territory on the second leg of the China trip, clearing a meeting record of 6.11m at the first attempt. With victory assured, the bar was set to a world record 6.28m and he took three unsuccessful attempts. Surely it is a matter of when, not if, for the peerless Swede.</p>
<p>Greece&rsquo;s Emmanouil Karalis and Meeno Vloon of the Netherlands, who shared gold at the Apeldoorn 2025 European Indoor Championships filled second and third places with clearances of 6.01m and 5.82m respectively.</p>
<h2>World lead for Warholm&nbsp;</h2>
<p>In his first 400m hurdles of the year, Karsten Warholm maintained his excellent start to the season winning in a world leading 47.28. It confirms the Norwegian is in superb shape following his season-opening 300m hurdles world best of 33.05 at the Xiamen Diamond League a week earlier.</p>
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<p>World record holder Yaroslava Mahuchikh won the women&rsquo;s high jump with a first time clearance of 2.00m, making it a Diamond League double in China for the Ukrainian. Another athlete repeating her winning form from Xiamen was Greece&rsquo;s Elina Tzenkgo.</p>
<p>The 2002 European champion won the women&rsquo;s javelin with 64.90m. Portugal&rsquo;s Pedro Pichardo won the men&rsquo;s triple jump. The Tokyo Olympic champion won with 17.03m (+0.3m/s) on his season opener.</p>
<p><strong>Chris Broadbent for European Athletics</strong></p>

6.11m for Mondo and world lead for Warholm in Shanghai

<p><strong>Italy&rsquo;s Nadia Battocletti continued her rise on the global distance scene with a commanding run in Tokyo on Saturday (3), storming to a new European 5km record of 14:32.</strong></p>
<p>It clipped seven seconds from Diane van Es&rsquo; record set in Monaco in February. Held on a warm, still evening in the Japanese capital, the Tokyo Speed Race delivered on its promise: a fast course with sweeping bends, a star-studded international field, and an electric atmosphere.</p>
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<p>Battocletti, 25, seized the moment with a fearless start and never looked back.&nbsp;The Italian settled quickly into the record-pace, staying locked onto the wavelight guidance system and gliding effortlessly through the early kilometers.</p>
<p>With the 14:39 European record already in her sights, Battocletti pushed through the midway mark easily on target, showing both grit and poise as she held her form in the final stages.</p>
<p>She placed second to Kenya&rsquo;s Caroline Nyaga who won in 14:19. Meanwhile in 7th, Sarah Lahti equalled Meraf Bahta&rsquo;s Swedish record of 15:04 from 2021.</p>
<h2>"It means a lot"</h2>
<p>Having added the European 10km title in Brussels-Leuven in April to the European 10,000m and 5000m and European cross country titles - plus Olympic 10,000m silver - she won last year, Battocletti is in the shape of her life.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Afterwards, she said: &ldquo;It means a lot. I&rsquo;m so happy because I just broke two records, and to be here in Tokyo is really amazing I&rsquo;m so excited because Tokyo made my dreams come true.&rdquo;</p>
<h2>Woldu sets French record in women's 10km</h2>
<p>France's European bronze medallist Etienne Daguinos took a tumble in the men's 10km, scuppering any hopes of a Eruoepan record.&nbsp; But in the women's race, his international teammate Mekdes Woldu took 14 seconds off the national record held by Liv Westphal since 2019, setting a new best time of 31.01.</p>
<p><strong>Alissa Szreter-Kelly for European Athletics</strong></p>

Battocletti sets new European 5km record in Tokyo

<p><strong>World champion Josh Kerr of Great Britain got his first 1500m victory of the season at the Grand Slam Track meeting in Miami on Friday (2), getting the better of his fellow Paris Olympic medallists, USA duo Cole Hocker and Yared Nuguse.</strong></p>
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<p>Kerr, silver medallist in Paris last year, edged clear down the home straight to triumph in 3:34.51 ahead of Paris bronze medallist Nuguse in 3:34.65 and Olympic champion Hocker with 3:34.79.</p>
<p>Elsewhere, European Indoor finalist Andrew Coscoran of Ireland took a career-highlight win in the men&rsquo;s 3000m in 8:17.56. Second was USA&rsquo;s world indoor record holder Grant Fisher in 8:17.60 and third went to European indoor silver medallist George Mills of Great Britain in 8:17.77.</p>
<p><strong>Chris Broadbent for Eruopean Athletics</strong></p>

Kerr and Coscoran win close distance battles in Miami

<p><strong>Bydgoszcz has been awarded both the European Athletics U20 Championships and European Athletics U23 Championships for 2027, it was confirmed at the European Athletics Council meeting in Sarajevo on Friday (2).</strong></p>
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<p>The championships will take place consecutively in the Polish city in the summer of 2027 at yet-to-be-confirmed dates. The only other occasion the two biennial events have taken place in the same city in the same year was during the COVID-19 pandemic, when Tallinn, Estonia hosted both events.</p>
<p>The Polish city has a rich history of hosting major international athletics championships, as well as the Irena Szewińska Memorial, a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting, every summer at the 20,000 capacity Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Municipal Stadium.</p>
<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/european-athletics/image/upload/v1746184299/bydgoszcz_stadium.jpg"></p>
<h2>Both championships revisit Bydgoszcz</h2>
<p>Bydgoszcz last hosted the European Athletics U23 Championships in 2017, where the winners included the men&rsquo;s 400m hurdles world record holder Karsten Warholm (Norway), Olympic men&rsquo;s hammer silver medallist Bence Hal&aacute;sz (Hungary) and former European Indoor 60m champion Ewa Swoboda (Poland).</p>
<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/european-athletics/image/upload/v1746184299/bydgoszcz_swoboda.png"></p>
<p>The city also hosted the European Athletics U20 Championships in 1979, where the gold medallists included 1983 World 1500m champion Steve Cram (Great Britain), former discus world record holder J&uuml;rgen Shultz (Germany) and 1984 Olympic decathlon bronze medallist Siegfried Wentz (Germany).</p>
<p>The 2019 European Athletics Team Championships also took place in Bydgoszcz where the host nation became champions for the first time in their history.</p>
<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/european-athletics/image/upload/v1746184306/bydgoszcz_poland_2019.png"></p>
<p>Bydgoszcz has also hosted the 1999 World Athletics Youth Championships, the 2004 European Cup, the 2008 and 2016 World Athletics U20 Championships and the 2010 and 2013 World Cross Country Championships.</p>
<h2>President and CEO praise bid</h2>
<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/european-athletics/image/upload/v1746197615/bydgoszcz_council_award.jpg"></p>
<p>After the award of the events, European Athletics President Dobromir Karamarinov said: &ldquo;Congratulations to Bydgoszcz for being awarded both the European Athletics U23 Championships and the European Athletics U20 Championships for 2027.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;The European Athletics Council members were very impressed with the Bydgoszcz bid and presentation, and we are confident they will put on two great events to support the development of Europe&rsquo;s most talented young athletes.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Bydgoszcz has a well-earned reputation as one of the most reliable and respected hosts of international athletics championships. Athletics is also a very popular and high profile sport in Poland, so we have high expectations for Bydgoszcz 2027 to be another wonderful occasion for our sport.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Christian Milz, CEO, European Athletics commented: &ldquo;The Polish Athletic Federation has long been a trusted partner to deliver European Athletics events. So, when we decided to award the European Athletics U23 Championships and the European Athletics U20 Championships to the same venue, we were thrilled that Bydgoszcz came forward. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;In 2021, the pandemic led us to asking Tallinn to also host the U23s after initially being awarded the U20s and we were grateful for their successful staging of both events in unprecedented times.</p>
<p>&ldquo;But this is the first time, since the creation of the U23 championships in 1997, that we have made a conscious decision to award the U20 and U23 championships to a single host.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Not only will this create a bigger occasion with two championships within two weeks in the host venue, but it will also help with logistics for Member Federations and the event workforce.</p>
<p>"Plus, there are also sustainability benefits with fewer resources and less travel involved in the event delivery. Depending upon its success, it is a model that we may look to replicate in future years.&rdquo;</p>
<h2>"Truly grateful"</h2>
<p>"We are truly grateful for the trust placed in us," said Iwona Waszkiewicz, the Deputy Mayor of Bydgoszcz.</p>
<p>"Bydgoszcz is a city where athletics legacy already exists &mdash; and thrives. We believe this is where the careers of future European and world champions will begin. The 2027 Championships won&rsquo;t just be an event &mdash; they&rsquo;ll be the beginning of something greater."</p>
<p>This summer both events are being hosted in Nordic nations with the Bergen 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships taking place in 17-20 July and the Tampere 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships on 7-10 August.</p>
<h2>Packed agenda for Council&nbsp;</h2>
<p>The European Athletics Council meeting in Sarajevo, take splace all weekend (2-4 May).&nbsp;President Dobromir Karamarinov opened the three-day gathering with a report on his activities on behalf of European Athletics.</p>
<p>Across the weekend, the council will be listening to progress from the LOCs for the Madrid 2025 European Athletics Team Championship and the Birmingham 2026 European Athletics Championships.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Plus, they will review the European Off Road Championships after its first two editions in El Paso 2022 and Annecy 2024. &nbsp;They will also discuss and agree the qualification standards for the Rieti 2026 European Athletics U18 Championships.&nbsp;</p>
<p>There is an update on Organisation and Strategy led by CEO Christian Milz, plus Commission led updates in areas of Events and Competition, Development and Governance. There will also be an update on operations, including Finances, Marketing and HR.</p>
<p><strong>Chris Broadbent for European Athletics</strong></p>