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On the second day of the European Athletics Team Championship 2nd League, the battle was rampant for the placement in the 1st League. National teams of Switzerland, Austria and Croatia in turn, changed places in the leading position on the score board. However, the relay 4×400m for men decided the winner. Next year, in the 1st League we will see Switzerland and Croatia.
At the very start of the second competition day, Tatjana Jelaca, who competed in the Javelin Throw, finished first with the result 58,52m and brought Serbia the maximum number of points.
“I expected better results in the last two…

Thunderstorms, rain and a veritable gale best describe the state of affairs at the Crvena Zvezda Stadium where the European Team Championship 2nd League opened today.
The Council Delegate, Ludmila  Olijar opened the Championship. The Organization Committee president, Vladimir Lucic and Serbian Assistant Minister of Youth and Sport addressed the audience.
Due to unfavourable weather, competition was stopped twice. However, competitions in 19 events were brought to the close successfully. Javelin Throw (W), Triple Jump (W) and Pole Vault (W) were moved for tomorrow and for that reason the second day will start earlier, at 1pm.
Points were divided between the following contestants…

The third press conference on the occasion of the European Team Championship was held today in the Continental hotel. The special guest was the several times over world champions and the Olympic Games silver medallist, Blanka Vlasic.
The Croatian athlete, Blanka Vlasic is without doubt the biggest star not only in Belgrade, at the European Team Championship, but also worldwide. This is Blanka’s second visit to Belgrade, both times as a member of the Croatian national team.

“I feel great. I like competing for the national team. That is perhaps the only time I can get together with my friends, since for…

The European Team Championships Second League in Belgrade this weekend is part of an exciting new era in athletics. European Athletics has created an event that revamps traditional track and field regulations, has men and women compete as one team, has promotion and relegation battles between the four new leagues, and a European “league table” that ranks teams from Nos. 1 to 50.
The sheer unpredictability of a team performance, generation of national pride as countries do battle against their rivals, and the “make-or-break” drama that unfurls because of the revamped regulations is sure to have everyone on the edge of…

Today, a press conference was held at the Continental hotel. Present at the conference were the president of the Championship Organization Committee Vladimir Lucic, the president of the Athletics Federation of Serbia Veselin Jevrosimovic and athletes Marina Muncan, the Universiade champion and Asmir Kolasinac, the 2009 European Cup Winter Throwing silver medalist.
“Everything is ready. As far as we are concerned, the Championship can start”, said the president of the Championship Organization Committee Vladimir Lucic, who thanked companies that sponsored this important athletic event. He added that the help of five hundred volunteers was of immense help.
The president of the Athletics…

2nd press conference on the occasion of the European Athletics Team Championship 2nd League will be held
Date:    Thursday, June 17th 2010
Place:    The Continental Hotel, Adriatic conference hall – mezzanine, Milentija Popovica Street
Time:    12am
Present:Vladimir Lucic, Championship Organization Committee president
Veselin Jevrosimovic, AFS President
Marina Mucan, the Universiade champion and New York Diamond League participant
Asmir Kolasinac, the silver medalist from 2010 European Cup Winter Throwing
There are only four days left before the start of this year’s biggest athletic event in Serbia. On Saturday and Sunday, June 19-20, at Crvena Zvezda Stadium, athletes from eight European countries will come to compete for placement in the…

The winner of the Serbian Final Cup in both categories was AC “Crvena Zvezda”. Yesterday, athletes from Novi Beograd – Sara Savativic and Emir Bekric were also victorious, they achieved new national records. Sara broke the national record for juniors in hammer event twice, with results 51,03m and 51,77m, while Bekric won the 400m hurdle with the result 51:79 sec, which is the new junior record.
“The main event we are preparing is the World Championship for juniors at the end of July in Canada,” said Mirjana Stojanovic, Emir’s coach, who added:
“I am overjoyed with today’s record breaking result. It shows…

There is no uncertainty any longer – Blanka Vlasic will head the Croatian national team at Crvena Zvezda Stadium next weekend, at the European Team Championship. Officially the best European athlete said for “Sportski Zurnal”:
“I am coming to Belgrade. It is a certainty.”
When asked what her expectations were, her reply came as no surprise:
“I have nothing to hide. I intend to win and I hope to jump over 2m”
Despite the fact that this is the 2nd League Championship, top athletes from eight national teams (besides Serbia and Croatia, there will be teams from Austria, Switzerland, Israel, Latvia, Moldova and Slovak…

The first day of Serbian Final Cup for seniors in Sremska Mitrovica will be remembered for an outstanding result achieved by Amela Terzic in 800m race. Her result of 2:05:98 has propelled her to the top of world ranking as the leading young junior. Thanks to the fast 800m event, Marija Stambolic (2:08:43) also qualified for the World Junior Championship in Moncton, Canada. The results achieved by our national team members have solved some of the dilemmas troubling the national head coach as to who should win the place in the national team for the forthcoming European Team Championship to…

In New York, Marina Muncan did not run the 1500m race but the 5000m instead. The reason for that was, as Marija herself said “a technical problem. The pacemaker, who was to help with the 5000m race, withdrew at the last moment. Due to the fact that for years I have run as a pacemaker, the organizers offered me to be the pacemaker in the 5000m run, which I accepted. Despite the last minute change, I am sure that it will be an excellent test for me before the European Team Championship next week”, said Muncan.