This is an introduction to the European Athletics Team Championship, written by Stuart Weir.
Department of European Team Championship 1
This weekend sees that the 1st European team championship took place in Madrid. The concept is very simple. 16 countries with one athlete in each discipline. 16 points of the 16 team and 1 unit for 16t.A number of cars are launched into two taxis in places allocated in times. The 16 countries included.
Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine.
It is a wonderful concept, the best athlete of each country, competing against their colleagues. That is the concept, but it does not provide it so much. From the GB team, maybe 8 of the 40+ athletes would have been selected if everyone was available for the choice. I remember talking to Aykinina Stefanidi during the 2013 event. He hesitated to answer my question why he was there. He liked to support his country. He had happy memories about the stadium. He hesitated, then said: “But I’m a professional athlete. I need to be paid to compete. ” And here’s where the rubber hits the road. Why was the athlete with the choice of choice to compete in European teams, not paid than it should be paid to Ostrava, Hengam or Diamond League?
Therefore, the winner will not be the team whose strongest choice is in depth, but the country that is able to hold proportion to their first election. But to compete 650 athletes will require a much more important budget, which is realistic for the event.
In 2023 In Poland, Italy was the winner of the second and Germany of Poland. GB was the fifth.
European countries are divided into the top three in the top three in the top three below.
In 2023, there was an unforgettable moment when the Belgian women’s Sprinti Hankdler was injured, I was shot. Joleon Boukkwo, Replaced him, you just need to start starting to finish his team for at least one point.
See his run https://x.com/i/status/1937062986432090535
