'It was the best race I ever ran. Lasse Viren came up to me and said: ‘That was the best 5000m race I’ve ever seen, but I was watching it from behind.''

Brendan Foster recounts the greatest victory of his career in the 5000m at the 1974 European Championships in Rome.

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🏆 Two home victories
⏱ Two course records

Amanal Petros (2:06:05) and Domenika Mayer (2:23:50) make it a German double on home soil in the Hannover Marathon!

Jurgen Schult on losing his world discus record to Mykolas Alekna.

'I woke up my wife this morning with the words: You now have a former world record-holder at home!

'I immediately congratulated Mykolas. That was a really strong performance. You have to acknowledge that,…

What a series from Mykolas Alekna! 🔥

72.21m
70.32m
72.89m
70.51m
74.35m WR
70.50m

Just over 5⃣0⃣ days to go until #Roma2024 ! ⏳

The longest standing men’s world record falls! 🫨

Mykolas Alekna 🇱🇹 breaks the 38-year-old world discus record with 74.35m in Ramona, Oklahoma! 🔥🤯

All six of his throws were measured over 70 metres!

European Athletics is very saddened to hear that Luciano Susanj 🇭🇷 has died at the age of 75.

Susanj famously won European 800m gold in Rome 1974 in 1:44.07, the second fastest winning time in championships history.

We send our condolences to Susanj's family and friends. 🕯️

King of Rotterdam! 👑

Abdi Nageeye wins the Rotterdam Marathon for the second time in a Dutch record of 2:04:45! 🍊🇳🇱

Coming in hot! 🔥

Armand Duplantis, Daniel Stahl and Perseus Karlstrom are among 2️⃣7️⃣ Swedish athletes to be pre-selected for #Roma2024 ! 👌

We're on the one year to go countdown to #BrusselsLeuven2025 ! 🇧🇪

Register now and run with the champions at the first ever European Running Championships in 2025! 🏃🏃🏽‍♀️

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Run with the champions at the inaugural European Running Championships in Brussels-Leuven 🇧🇪 on 12-13 April 2025! 🏃 🏃🏽‍♀️ 🏃🏾

Registration is now open for the 10km, half marathon and marathon! 👇

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All roads lead to Rome! 👊

Femke Bol 🇳🇱 will defend her European 400m hurdles title in Rome from 7-12 June! 🙌

🤫 And tickets for #Roma2024 are still available! Link in bio.

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Going for a third European title! 😤

Armand Duplantis 🇸🇪 is among 2⃣8⃣ Swedish athletes who have been pre-selected for #Roma2024 from 7-12 June! 🙌

World Athletics introduces prize money for Olympic gold medallists at Paris 2024, and all medallists from LA28.

Femke is coming to Rome! 🤩

Two-time European Athlete of the Year Femke Bol 🇳🇱 will defend her 400m hurdles title at the European Championships from 7-12 June! 🙌

#Roma2024

Where athletics dreams begin! 💫

📺 And every session of the European Athletics U18 Championships from 18-21 July will be streamed live!

Some big names have struck gold at the U18 Championships in the past. 🤫

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Dziekuje Angelika! 🙏

2016 European 1500m champion Angelika Cichocka 🇵🇱 has announced her retirement.

Cichocka also won 1500m silver at the 2015 European Indoors and bronze on home soil in the 800m at the 2021 European Indoors in Torun! 🥈🥉

2⃣ months to go until 🇮🇹 Roma2024 European Athletics Championships ✨

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Mykolas Alekna 🇱🇹 means business! 😤

A European U23 discus record and world lead of 71.39m at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational! 🔥

And he moves into the European all-time top-10! 📊