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Great to see a lot of nations finding success on the continental level in Olympic events. 31 countries with a gold medal across both championships is a pretty neat statistic.

“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela

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It’ll be interesting to see how this event compares to the 2023 European Games. EBU will serve as a the host broadcaster for both. Athletics, Canoeing, Cycling, Sports Climbing, Table Tennis, and Triathlon will be a part of both. Aquatics might be a part of the 2023 European Games, though I’ve yet to see anything finalized. There will be Olympic qualification on the line in Poland, but there will also be a handful of sports most people won’t be familiar with. It’ll be interesting to compare the reception from one to the other.

“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela

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UEC.ch have announced they have agreed with ECM, the company that runs the European Championships event, for the inclusion of cycling, in multiple formats for 2026, 2030, 2034 - the first news we've heard in a year that the 2026 event is even happening. With European Games seemingly well embedded, and having a similar agreement with European athletics for 2027 and 2031, it seems neither of these rivals are going anywhere after all, when both looked in trouble...

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And over the weekend, six other sports - Canoeing, Rowing, table tennis, triathlon, sports climbing and volleyball, along with cycling, signed up long term to the European championships concept. Athletics is out for 2026 (or, given Birmingham city Council's woes, is it?), but apparently gymnastics and to a slightly lesser extent aquatics have signalled real interest in taking part in 2026 - but perhaps not with quite the long term commitment of the other sports - would not be surprised if gymastics did a cycling and threw all its events together once every four years - like cycling, and unlike swimming and athletics, it works on annual champs, so 1 in 4 is a good trade for them to get the extra eyes.

 

In any event, apparently they're going to announce 2026 and 2030 hosts at the same time, so the event seems to have stablised. Word is that both the European Games and the european Para Championships have interested bidders too, and there are even rumours of a 'reproachement' between EOC and Euro Champs where in future (post 2026)  they might 'combine' their narratives in certain sports (i.e. Euro championships will provide some direct qualification to Olympics, while also providing main qualifiers to the European Games the following year, which itself provides next tranch of Olympic qualifiers). I have my doubts that will work out, but it's an interesting idea that the two organisations are not quite as much at each others throats as they used to be...

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