ZAKLJUČENE FINALNE PRIJAVE

Maribor, 24.6.2009

Do roka se je prijavilo 61 atletov in atletinj iz sedemnajstih (17) držav. Kompletne ekipe je v moški konkurencii prijavilo šest držav, v ženski konkurenci pa pet držav. Na osnovi tega je bila danes na tehničnem sestanku z delegatom, gospodom Ole Petter Sandvik-om izdelana štartna lista in urnik tekmovanja. V skoku v višino pri moških in ženskah in v skoku s palico bo štartna lista oblikovana po tehničnem sestanku, na osnovi prijavljenih rezultatov.

NAGOVOR PREDSEDNIKA EUROPEAN ATHLETICS

Every year around the end of June over 150 athletes take part in the European Cup Combined Events, the biggest annual combined events competition in the world.  This year more than 20 men’s and 20 women’s teams plus some individual competitors will compete in the Super League, First League and Second League at three different venues across the continent.

This year the Second League for men and women again takes place in Maribor, a traditional home of athletics in Slovenia and in Europe. 

The European Cup Combined Events is an important competition for the development of decathlon and heptathlon within Europe. Each year a mixture of the world’s best and young up-and-coming athletes compete for their countries in one of the few combined events competitions for national teams.

In 2004, Olympic gold and silver medallists, Carolina Klüft of Sweden and Austra Skujyte of Lithuania, battled it out in the heptathlon in the First League. And back in 1997 a young Czech called Roman Sebrle first came to attention when he beat Estonia’s Erki Nool to win the Super League.

Last year, the Latvian men won the Second League in Maribor, with Edgar Erins’ outstanding performance helping his team to promotion. The Swiss men were also promoted as were the Spanish and Latvian women. We can look forward to another exciting three-league competition in 2009.

European Athletics would like to thank the local authorities in Maribor and the Slovenian Athletics Federation (AZS) for their hard work in the preparation of the event.  We look forward to a high-quality competition as the best European combined events athletes compete for individual and team honours.

Hansjörg Wirz
President, European Athletics

TEHNIČNA NAVODILA

Maribor, osvežena 7.6.2009

Objavljamo osvežena TEHNIČNA NAVODILA - korigirana so poglavja: 2.6 , 8.4 , 8.5. (osveženo 7. junija 2009). Vse spremembe bomo sproti objavljali na spletni strani.

REKORDNA UDELEŽBA

Maribor, 5.6.2009

Po preliminarnih prijavah in pred pričetkom finalnih prijav imamo za letošnji Evropski pokal v mnogobojih 2. liga prijavljenih rekordno število tekmovalcev; 13 moških ekip (51 atletov) in 7 ženskih ekip (34 atletinj)-skupaj 85 tekmovalcev. Lansko leto je bilo 67 tekmovalcev. Kot organizator smo veseli zaradi velikega interesa za to tekmovanje. To si lahko razlagamo kot posledico dobre organizacije in odličnih pogojev za tekmovanje, kar priča v lanskem letu doseženih kar 32 osebnih rekordov od 67 nastopajočih.

Pred finalnimi prijavami je bila ugodena prošnja Romunske zveze, da v obeh konkurencah nastopi kot ekipa s po tremi tekmovalci in tekmovalkami. V tehničnih navodilih, ki so bila osvežena z novimi podatki 7. junija 2009 je pri Romunski reprezentanci upoštevan 3. atlet in 3. atletinja. Počakali bomo še do konca finalnih prijav in takrat izvedli dokončne spremembe s končnim žrebom.
Vse sodelujoče ekipe pozivamo, da v finalnih prijavah navedejo vse potrebe podatke (prihod, odhod, rezultati atletov, kako je s prevozom palic,…)