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<p dir="ltr"><strong>1995 and 2001 world long jump champion Fiona May has been announced as an Ambassador for the Roma 2024 European Athletics Championships from 7-12 June.</strong></p>
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<p dir="ltr">The collaboration between the Italian long jump legend and the EuroRoma 2024 Foundation (LOC) represents an important link between an icon of Italian sport and the biggest sporting event on Italian soil in 2024.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">Since her retirement from competitive athletics in 2005, May has remained highly involved in the sport and she is looking forward to playing an integral role in upcoming institutional initiatives and communication activities to promote the championships.</p>
<p dir="ltr">&ldquo;I am honoured to be an Ambassador of the Roma 2024 European Athletics Championships. I am really excited to take part in the event with such an important role. It will be great to share this amazing experience with the new champions of Italian and international athletics,&rdquo; said May.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">Among her other achievements, May also won two Olympic silver medals in the long jump and bronze and silver medals at the 1994 and 1998 editions of the European Athletics Championships.</p>
<p dir="ltr">She still holds the Italian record in the long jump with 7.11m which dates back to the 1998 European Championships where she won silver behind Heike Drechsler.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">May&rsquo;s passion for athletics and long jump has also been passed on to her daughter Larissa Iapichino, who has followed in her footsteps and won her first senior medal last winter with silver in the long jump at the Istanbul 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships.</p>

Long jump great Fiona May announced as Roma 2024 ambassador

<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>If a European gold medal is at stake, then it&rsquo;s almost certain that Jakob Ingebrigtsen will be there. </strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Still only 23, the prolific Norwegian has already won twelve European senior medals, including eleven gold, outdoors, indoors and on cross country</strong>.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Plus, the remarkable runner has won six gold medals at European U20 level on track and cross country. In short, the Olympic and world champion is a medal winning-machine and his eyes are focused squarely on more gold at the Roma 2024 European Athletics Championships on 7-12 June.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Talking on European Athletics&rsquo; new podcast series <em>Ignite</em>, he revealed he is targeting yet another double over 1500m and 5000m. It would be an incredible hat-trick, having fulfilled similar ambitions at both Berlin 2018 and Munich 2022.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">&ldquo;My hope and expectations (are) probably to defend both titles,&rdquo; he said of Roma 2024. &ldquo;Hoping for good weather and a good championship in general. It&rsquo;s somewhat earlier this year than it has been previously, so that&rsquo;s also a nice challenge. That makes it a little bit exciting.&rdquo;</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">He is also keen to perform in the historic Italian capital. &ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s exciting to race in Rome. It&rsquo;s not something I have done too many times before.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&ldquo;One road race and one 3000m in the Diamond League. It&rsquo;s a nice place and hopefully it can be good conditions that time of year. I think a lot of people will use it as a good stepping stone going into the Olympics and hopefully getting a lot of good answers from all the training that we have done in the winter.&rdquo;</p>
<h2 class="MsoNormal">Ongoing rivalry with the Brits&nbsp;</h2>
<p class="MsoNormal">One of the most intriguing storylines in recent years has been Ingebrigtsen&rsquo;s rivalry with Britain&rsquo;s Jake Wightman and Josh Kerr, who pipped him to 1500m gold at successive World Athletics Championships at Oregon 2022 and Budapest 2023.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Although Ingebrigtsen had the satisfaction of 5000m gold at both championships, there is huge interest in the keen competition at the shorter distance in a year where Ingebrigtsen will also be looking to defend his Olympic 1500m title.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It&rsquo;s a rivalry that has &ndash; on occasions - extended off the track with some verbal barbs, particularly between Ingebrigtsen and Kerr.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> &nbsp;</span>&ldquo;I have some friends and some of them are not my friends, and that is just the way of the game,&rdquo; says of his fellow runners.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&ldquo;Athletics is a sport of all different people, all different nations. It&rsquo;s not a place that everyone can come together and be best friends. Sometimes it&rsquo;s more focused on the competition and the winning aspect of coming out on top.&rdquo;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The middle distance events are certainly a mouthwatering prospect this year. The Norwegian says: "I think we are approaching an exciting season and I think we will have to buckle our belts and get prepared."</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The men&rsquo;s 5000m final will take place on Saturday 8 June and the men&rsquo;s 1500m final will take place on Wednesday 12 June.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Chris Broadbent for European Athletics</strong></p>

Ingebrigtsen plots another 1500/5000m double in Roma 2024

<p dir="ltr"><strong>World shot put silver medallist Leonardo Fabbri produced one of the longest throws in history by a European thrower on home soil in Modena on Wednesday (1) evening.</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">With the Roma 2024 European Athletics Championships only 35 days away, Fabbri produced an incredible effort of 22.88m in the fifth round to move to third on the European all-time list behind former East German Ulf Timmermann (23.06m) and Fabbri&rsquo;s compatriot and role model Alessandro Andrei who still holds the Italian record - for now, at least - with 22.91m.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">"And to think that I had a fever of 38 for two days and I felt a bit weak. Having thrown 22.88m without still being 100% is confirmation of my potential," said Fabbri as quoted by <em>FIDAL</em>.&nbsp;</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Fabbri&rsquo;s winning effort - one of three throws in excess of 22 metres alongside marks of 22.01m and 22.45m in the fourth and sixth round respectively - corresponded to the longest throw by a European since 1988 and in a global setting, the 27-year-old now sits at seventh on the world all-time list.</p>
<p dir="ltr">On the road to Roma 2024 from 7-12 June, Fabbri has three more competition on home soil in Savona (15 May), Lucca (19 May) and Asti (23 May) before the Golden Spike in Ostrava on 28 May when he is likely to face some of the world&rsquo;s best exponents in the event.</p>
<p dir="ltr">And then Fabbri's attentions will turn to the European Athletics Championships and the prospect of becoming the first Italian winner of the shot put title in championship history on home soil in the Stadio Olimpico.&nbsp;</p>
<p>"I would like to make the Stadio Olimpico go crazy. Winning at home and getting on the podium together with [Zane] Weir would be something unique," he said.</p>
<p>Elsewhere in Modena, European cross country silver medallist Nadia Battocletti won the 1500m in 4:03.50, just outside her lifetime best of 4:03.34.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Steven Mills for European Athletics</strong></p>

Best throw by a European in 36 years! 22.88m for Fabbri in Modena

<p><strong>With one month to go until the European Athletics Off-Road Running Championships in Annecy, France the host nation have named a strong team that is expected to challenge for medals in many of the races.</strong></p>
<p>The second edition of the championships brings together the continent&rsquo;s finest mountain and trail runners on the spectacular courses in the French Alps across three days on 31 May-2 June.</p>
<h2>Proven winners in French team</h2>
<p>Nearly 500 runners are expected to compete over ten challenging disciplines on mountainous and trail terrain in senior and U20 male and female classes. And the host nation will be there in force with a full quota of competitors across all disciplines.</p>
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<p>All eyes with be on hometown runner Benjamin Roubiol, gold medallist in the long trail event at the 2023 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in Innsbruck, Austria.</p>
<p>Few runners in Annecy will know the contours of the course quite like Roubiol. European bronze medallist from the 2022 event in El Paso, La Palma, Spain Thomas Cardin is also in the French team.</p>
<p>In Blandine L'Hirondel and Clementine Geoffray, France also has two proven winners.</p>
<p>L&rsquo;Hirondel is defending champion in the women&rsquo;s trail race whilst Geoffray was the women&rsquo;s short trail winner at last year&rsquo;s World Mountain and Trail Running Championships The trail races are a leg sapping 62km skirting the mountainside of the shimmering Lake Annecy.</p>
<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/european-athletics/image/upload/v1714495582/image00044.jpg">@: Tertrais/FFA</p>
<p>Th&eacute;odore Klein and N&eacute;lie Cl&eacute;ment were the men's and women's senior race winners at the French Mountain Running Championships in Brian&ccedil;on on Sunday (28) and both will boldly take on the vertical and up-and-down disciplines with a single rest day in-between.</p>
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<p><strong>Chris Broadbent for European Athletics</strong></p>

Strong host team For European Off-Road Running Championships

<p><strong>European Athletics commitment to integrate human rights into its operations, regulations and bidding process took another significant step forward on Monday (29) and Tuesday (30).</strong></p>
<p>The Centre for Sport and Human Rights (CSHR) delivered a training session to staff and members of the Evaluation Panel at the European Athletics offices in Lausanne, Switzerland.</p>
<p>In April 2023, the European Athletics Congress in Belgrade approved the report of the European Athletics Council to investigate how human rights requirements should be integrated in the bidding process and regulations of <a href="https://european-athletics.directus.app/assets/cf0bd501-a41b-4d69-8071-7c07ac899543/8b_European%20Athletics_Human%20Rights%20Working%20Group%20Report%20(1).pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">European Athletics events</a>, in line with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), and throughout the event lifecycle.</p>
<p>European Athletics has published its <a href="https://european-athletics.directus.app/assets/3ad4d53b-3edc-465d-ad89-eb1a43f0d1ff/Commitment%20on%20Human%20Rights_Approved_18012024.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Commitment to Human Rights</a>, which was confirmed at the European Athletics Council meeting in Malaga, earlier in January.</p>
<p>Monday&rsquo;s programme included an overview of CSHR, an introduction to human rights, how human rights apply to sport, human rights considerations within the event cycle, how to manage human rights and practical examples.&nbsp;</p>
<p>During the training session with members of the Evaluation Panel which took place on Tuesday (30) focus was more on how human rights requirements should be included into the bidding process and event life cycle for any organiser seeking to host a European Athletics event.</p>
<h2>Unwavering dedication</h2>
<p>&ldquo;Thanks to the representatives of the CSHR for their efforts and guidelines in raising awareness about this vital and complex subject within the European Athletics staff and our members of the Evaluation panel,&rdquo; said European Athletics CEO Christian Milz.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;It is within our shared commitment and unwavering dedication that we strive to ensure a safe and inclusive environment for every participant in our events throughout event cycle, from bidding process until delivery of the event.&rdquo;</p>

European Athletics staff trained in human rights

<p><strong>Spain has announced their half marathon team for the Roma 2024 European Athletics Championships from 7-12 June.</strong></p>
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<p>Their team of 12 athletes - six male and six female athletes - features Spanish record-holder Carlos Mayo who lowered the national record to 59:39 in the Valencia Half Marathon last October, a time which ranks fifth on the European all-time list.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Surprisingly, this will be Mayo&rsquo;s first appearance at a European Athletics Championships since 2016 and he looks likely to renew his rivalry with home Italian favourite Yemaneberhan Crippa who has confirmed he plans to tackle the half marathon in Roma 2024.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The women&rsquo;s half marathon team is also helmed by Spanish record-holder Laura Luengo who clocked 69:41, also in Valencia, last year.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">In addition, the Spanish team includes three medallists from the Munich 2022 European Athletics Championships: Laura Mendez, who won silver as part of the team race in the marathon, and Jorge Blanco and Yago Rojo, both of whom were part of Spain&rsquo;s bronze medal-winning team in the marathon two years ago.&nbsp;</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Both half marathons take place on Sunday 9 June on a largely flat course which begins in the Fori Imperiali and concludes in the Stadio Olimpico, the first time the road events have finished inside the main stadium at a European Athletics Championships since Gothenburg 2006.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-e5671b1d-7fff-b821-fb29-bf50dd18aa2f"></strong>The fast and flat course will also give the half marathon winners a chance to take one of the ten&nbsp;<a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/news/e500-000-set-to-be-awarded-for-roma-2024-performances" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&euro;50,000 performance bonuses</a> that will be on offer at the European Athletics Championships for the first time.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The full Spanish half marathon team can be found <a href="https://atletismorfea.es/federacion/communication-hub/noticias/espanaatletismo-road-roma-preseleccion-de-medio-maraton" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.&nbsp;</p>