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european event<br />
10 | www.athletics-magazine.com<br />
Ivan Ukhov<br />
In the tradition of recent<br />
years, one of the cities of the<br />
Iberian peninsular countries<br />
was chosen as venue for the<br />
championship. This time it<br />
was the Spanish city of Castellón.<br />
The host club was the local<br />
athletic club, whose men’s<br />
team had won the Spanish<br />
Championships. Despite the<br />
economic crisis in Europe,<br />
almost all the Group A clubs<br />
turned out with the exception<br />
of the women’s team from the<br />
Greek club, Panellinios. Thus<br />
there were seven women’s<br />
teams and eight men’s teams<br />
in the competition.<br />
The weather was, in general,<br />
favourable for getting good<br />
performances. The temperature<br />
ranged between 22 and<br />
27 degrees Celsius and the