In Malta, St. Julian's in October11 to 13, Has Been Hold Conference Entitled the European Athletics Convention

In Malta, St. Julian's in October11 to 13, has been hold conference entitled the European Athletics Convention. The three-day meeting was attended by nearly 300 representatives of the athletic federations from the 50 countries of the European Athletics Association. The importance of this event with their presence, and stressed the official speeches by the Vice Presidents of the World Association of Athletics - IAAF, Sergei Bubka and Sir Sebastian Coe. Among the legends of athletics we could meet Irena Szewinska - the representative of the IAAF, Olympian - three gold Medallist in 200m - 22.21s, 400m-49, 28s and 4x100m. Mrs. Szewinska stressed that the creation of athletics is important at every level of their education, and the great words of appreciation are to those who have reached the level of master age - over of 35 years, and especially to the competitors who are in retirement age. In Malta, was there many discussions and meetings, of which was associated with the future athletics calendar. On the first day there were holds meetings dedicated to the organizers of the athletics meetings. In the next calendar events were discussed and the state preparations for the years in 2013-2016. Decisions were confirmed that in 2013, the most important athletics events on our continent will Indoor Championships in Gothenburg, the European Team Championships in Gateshead, European Junior Championships in Rieti and the World Championships in Cross Country, which will organize for the second time in Bydgoszcz in March 2013 r . The next accent was that the meeting will be organizing the Indoor World Cup to be held in 2014 in Sopot/Poland and the European Veterans Indoor Championships in Athletics in 2015, which this time will be held in Torun/Poland, the latest in athletic arena in Poland. The last day was gala hold at the Theatre in the capital Manuel Valletta Malta, during which were awarded prizes in the competition for the best athlete called "European Athlete of the Year Trophy" in 4 categories, as well as coaches and innovation category. However, the most important categories in Competitive nominations were the best competitor was Jessica Ennis of Great Britain, gold medallist of the Olympic Games in London in the Heptathlon, and in the best competitor, was Mo Farah of Great Britain, the winner of two gold medals at the London Olympics Games on 5000m and 10000m. In the category of the rising star among young athletes, the best was a World Junior record holder in the Pole Vault with 4.63 m was Angelica Bengtsson from Sweden, and Pavel Maslak in men's category, the representative of the Czech Republic, who defeated last season in the 400m at 44.91 p .

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