Starting Thursday, the under-23s European championships will take place at Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn. Estonia is represented by 21 athletes in the competition, which will bring more than 1,000 athletes to Estonia. The broadcast will begin at 10 a.m.
While preparations for the under-20s European championships have already been in process for more than two years, the European Athletics Association confirmed Estonia as the replacement host for the under-23s European championships in late May.
The competition will span four days and will see athletes such as 2019 world silver medal Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh duel with Belarusian jumper Karyna Demidik. Kristjan Čeh is likely to crush the under-23s European championship record in the discus throw and Polish runner Pia Skrzyszowska and French runner Cyrena Samba-Mayela are set to put on a show in the women s 100 m hurdles.
Tuesday, 2 February 2021
Former world indoor champion Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy took the Banskobystrická latka title after defeating defending champion Luis Zayas of Cuba in Banská Bystrica in Slovakia.
Tamberi continued his strong start to the season, which saw him take victory on home soil in Ancona last weekend with a world leading jump of 2.32 metres.
On this occasion, Tamberi jumped faultlessly up to 2.31m, before twice failing at 2.33m and once at 2.35m, although by this point he had already done enough to win the competition.
Defending champion Zayas needed three attempts to get over both 2.28m and 2.31m, enough to give him second place.