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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

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