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In the past months the plateau by the Terazije fountain in downtown Belgrade has become a gathering place for all those who wish to swap pictures of football players at the World Football Championship that is to start today. The Athletic Federation of Serbia, as part of their promotion campaign for this year’s biggest athletic event in Serbia – the European Team Championship 2nd League, have placed their stand by the Fountain where passers-by can get all information about the forthcoming athletics event. The volunteers working at the stand, being very resourceful, have begun swapping tickets for the championship for…

Representatives of the Athletics Federation of Serbia visited today “Anton Skala” Elementary School during their European Team Championship 2nd League promotion campaign. The idea was to give school children some basic information about athletics and its events. The school principle Igor Raicevic stated that he was very satisfied with the visit:
“As you can see, we are involved in the Olympics. For children, the most important thing is not to be bored.  They will remember this visit as good time and joy in meeting celebrities and children of their own age. It would be very nice if well-known athletes were to…

A press conference was held today at SOS TV station about the forthcoming European Team Championship 2nd League. Vladimir Lucic, president of championship organization board, Ozren Karamata, competition director, Dragisa Kuzmanovic, national head coach and the special guest, vice president of the European Athletics, Svein Arne Hansen addressed the media.
The president of the organization board acquainted journalists with final preparations for this year’s most important athletic event in Serbia. He said:
“All preparations are coming to a close. The most important thing in organizing events like this one is the budget. At the conference held the other day, the organization board…

At the invitation of Athletics Federation of Serbia, Svein Arne Hansen, the vice presidents of European Athletics, and Bill Glade, the director of Development Committee have come to Belgrade on a three-day visit.
The main reason for their visit was to get acquainted with situation in athletics in Serbia and to offer help and support to Serbian Federation in developing athletics strategy.
Representatives of European Athletics met today with Athletics Federation of Serbia president Veselin Jevrosimovic, vice president Stevan Zorić and general secretary Slobodan Branković. For tomorrow they have on their agenda a visit to Serbian Institute for Sport and a meeting…

Yesterday, in Slovenia, at the Postojna Athletic Meeting, Serbian athlete Emir Bekric won 400m hurdles race. The 110m and 400m junior champion from New Belgrade, Emir Bekric, achieved a new Serbian record result at 400m hurdles event. The new Serbian junior record for 400m hurdles is now 51,87sec. For the past 37 years it was 51,91sec, won by Anton Gluhak, in Athens in 1973.

“I am ecstatic to have won, but especially to have broken the 37 years old state record. I am certain that at the European Team Championship 2nd League, to be held at “Crvena Zvezda” Stadium on June…

FTS Sport Media and Usce Shopping Centre organized Sport Expo between June 4th and 6th, during which different sports were presented to the public at Usce Shopping Centre plateau in New Belgrade.

Athletic Federation of Serbia presented the European Team Championship 2nd league, to be held at Crvena Zvezda Stadium on June 19th and 20th, at Sport Expo. Vlade Divac, Serbia’s Olympic Committee president, together with “Decje Srce” charitable organization that looks after children with special needs, visited the AFS booth and saw athletic equipment on display.

120 charming ladies with smiling faces appeared at the start line of the first Belgrade “Wedding Gowns Duel”. Snezana Pajkic, the vice president of Athletic Federation of Serbia and promoter of this quirky event, gave the signal for the start of the race.

Organizers of the event, magazine “Vencanje”, provided wedding gowns for the occasion. The winner of this race was Marija Stambolic (17) who took 22.02 seconds to run the required 200m. Marija is a member of the Youth Athletic Club and seven-time champion of Serbia; she also holds the record result in running up “Beogradjanka”, the tallest building in…

A somewhat unusual event is scheduled for Sunday noon, June 6th at the Nikola Pasic Square. It is a race called “THE WEDDING GOWNS DUEL”, a warm-up for “The First Belgrade Wedding fair” that is to be held on June 12th and 13th in Belgrade Arena.
The Athletic Federation of  Serbia gladly joined the organizers of this event, and will promote the upcoming  European Team Championships 2nd League Belgrade 2010.
Zorica Jovanovic, the Editor of “Weddings” magazine explained that the magazine has provided some 100 wedding gowns for women of various ages, marital status and sports proclivities interested in racing. They can…

The third Diamond League meeting is to be opened tomorrow in Oslo. Ivana Spanovic, the long jumper is to represent Serbia at this meeting. Ivana was invited to the meeting thanks to excellent results she has achieved at recent IAAF meeting at Daegu, where the next World Athletics Championship is to be organized in 2011.
“I plan to jump as best as I can at this point in time. If everything goes according to plan, I might achieve a new personal record”, said Serbian champion.
Unlike Ivana Spanovic, the world’s fourth ranking triple jumper Biljana Topic was unable to attend the Diamond…

Tickets for European Team Championship 2nd League are free of charge.

They can be ordered by phone: +381 64881 60 63 and picked up every day of the week starting June 1st at the following locations:

Championship promo stand – Knez Mihajlova Street, Ruski car
Championship promo stand – Terazije fountain
Belgrade Tourist Organization Center,  Knez Mihajlova Street, Beogradski izlog
Serbian Athletics Federation, 73a Strahinjica bana