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European Athletics announce which of the lower-division meets will be streamed Free To Air this season!  

 

First up, the International Championships.

 

18 May - European Race Walking Championships, Poděbrady (CZE)
24 May – European 10,000m Cup, Pacé (FRA)
24-29 June – European Athletics Team Championships Division 2 & 3, Maribor (SLO)
27-29 June – European Athletics Team Championships Division 1, Madrid (ESP)
17-20 July - European Athletics U23 Championships, Bergen (NOR)
7-10 August – European Athletics U20 Championships, Tampere (FIN)

 

Some of these might be picked up by your national broadcaster though - usually happens with the Team Championships at any rate and probably the age groups in some countries. 

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And a whole pile of domestic meets - this is of course in addition to the Diamond League and the World Tour Gold meets which come under different contracts.   As do Race Walking and Multi-Event meets.   

 

 

May

11 May – 18. ročník Hvězdného házení, Domažlice (CZE) – Bronze
25 May – International pole vault meeting “Lisek w domu”, Duszniki (POL) – Bronze
25 May – Papaflessia 2025, Kalamata (GRE) – Challenger
28 May – 15th Filathlitkos Kallitheas International Jumping Meeting, Athina (GRE) – Bronze
31 May – Meeting Nikaia, Nice (FRA) – Bronze
31 May – Tag der Überflieger day 1, Essen (GER) – Bronze

 

June
1 June – Tag der Überflieger day 2, Essen (GER) – Bronze
1 June – Venizeleia-Chania International Meeting, Chania (GRE) – Bronze
1 June – Goldenes Oval Dresden, Dresden (GER) – Silver
3 June – Trond Mohn Games, Bergen (NOR) – Silver
7 June – Alexandrino Meeting - Georgios Pantos Memorial, Alexandria (GRE) – Challenger
7 June – 60. Internationales Pfingstsportfest Rehlingen, Rehlingen (GER) – Silver
10 June – Filothei Women Gala, Athina (GRE) – Silver
10 June – Meeting International de Montreuil, Montreuil (FRA) – Bronze
10 June – Kladno hází a Kladenské memoriály, Kladno (CZE) – Bronze
11 June – JBL Jump Fest, Košice (SVK) – Silver
12 June – JBL Jump Fest day 2, Košice (SVK) – Silver
14 June – Mityng na Rynku w Białymstoku, Białystok (POL) – Bronze
18 June – COSMA Cup, Kaunas (LTU) – Bronze
19 June – Liese Prokop Memorial, St. Pölten (AUT) – Bronze
21 June – 27. Anhalt Meeting Dessau, Dessau (GER) – Bronze
21 June – Atletica Geneve, Genève (SUI) – Bronze
22 June – Piraeus Street Long Jump, Piraeus (GRE) – Silver
24 June – BRNĚNSKÁ LAŤKA 2025, Brno (CZE) – Silver

 

July
4 July – Meeting Stanislas Nancy, Nancy (FRA) – Silver
5 July – International Meeting Jose Antonio Peña, Ordizia (ESP) – Bronze
5 July – Dromia International Sprint and Relays, Vari (GRE) – Silver
6 July – Fly Athens, Athens (GRE) – Silver
7 July – Meeting International Sotteville 2025, Sotteville (FRA) – Silver
8 July – Cork City Sports, Cork (IRL) – Bronze
11 July – Morton Games, Dublin (IRL) – Bronze
12 July – Moore Guldensporenmeeting, Kortrijk (BEL) – Bronze
13 July – LIGNANO MEETING, Lignano Sabbiadoro (ITA) – Bronze
15 July – Spitzen Leichtathletik Luzern, Luzern (SUI) – Silver
16 July – Meeting International d'Athlétisme de la Province de Liège 2025, Liège (BEL) – Bronze
23 July – Raiffeisen AUSTRIAN OPEN Eisenstadt, Eisenstadt (AUT) – Silver

 

August
10 August – Memorial Zbigniewa Ludwichowskiego, Olsztyn (POL) – Bronze
13 August – Copenhagen Athletics Games, Copenhagen (DEN) – Bronze
14 August – Grand Slam Jerusalem Meeting, Jerusalem (ISR) – Silver TBC
16 August – CITIUS meeting, Bern (SUI) – Silver

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Draws for the World Relays now out.  Reports of problems as some of the usual-suspect nations are unable to cope with Chinese bureaucracy, pay their athletes etc etc., So expect some DNS.  

 

 

https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-relays/guangzhou25/timetable?day=1&disciplineCode=4X1

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Off we go with a very cut-price opening ceremony.  

 

Perfect baton-dropping weather!

 

Mixed 4x100 first up!

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 &  our first dropped batons of the meet!

 

 take the World Record!  

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 &  our first dropped batons of the meet!

 

 take the World Record!  

And we have a C teams in the mixed  A bit unexpected that we advanced to the final.

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 &  now the ones with red faces.

 

Actually  finish, but with a slow time.  Same for 

 

It is the W-M exchange that's causing all the problems as predicted.

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 &  our first Qs for Tokyo.

 

suffering from team politics.

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Belgium and Australia the first qualifiers in the mixed 4x400 

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put the big names into the Mixed, get the Q.  

 

 &  get the Lucky Loser spots

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