European Athletics has awarded the 2017 European Athletics Team Championships Super League to the French city of Lille Métropole and the 2017 SPAR European Cross Country Championships to the Slovakian city of Å amorin.
The awards were made by open votes following the Council’s acceptance of President Svein Arne Hansen’s proposal to replace secret ballots for all future decisions.
Å amorin claimed 12 Council votes compared to three for Dublin.
Lille was the sole candidate to host the 2017 team championships.
President Hansen said, “We congratulate Lille and Å amorin on being awarded their respective events. We are very confident that both will deliver excellent championships in 2017.
“I am also very happy with the way today’s decisions were made and what it says about the Council’s commitment to good governance. The Council agrees that from now on it is important for European Athletics to be as transparent as possible in all its major decisions.”
The 145th European Athletics Council meeting is taking place in Frankfurt 9-10 November.
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