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The European Athletics Council, led by President Svein Arne Hansen, will meet in Paris from Friday 28 April to Sunday 30 April and a number of decisions with historic significance to the sport in Europe are expected to be made.

Firstly, the host city for the 2020 European Athletics Championships will be announced. The decision will be made in the French capital on Friday.

Paris is the only bidder following the withdrawal of Tbilisi last year but the Council will hear presentations from the candidate before any formal decision is taken.

The Council will also hear the report of the European Records Credibility Project Team.

In January 2017, the European Athletics Executive Board announced the appointment of the Project Team to look into the credibility of the European Records, with a view to regaining public trust in them, and gave the Project Team the mandate to draft recommendations for action by European Athletics.

The report, which was initially due to be concluded by September, has been completed earlier than planned and will be presented by the Chairman of the Project Team on Sunday morning when all the European members of the IAAF Council, including President Sebastian Coe, will also be present.

Another key issue to be considered by the Council is a review of previous European Athletics award recipients and to consider recommendations about the award criteria for future recipients.

This review was undertaken with a view to ensuring that individual recipients, both past and in the future, have adhered to a strong ethical and moral code of conduct during their career in the sport, and that their awards are justified in this context, and also to ensure the continued credibility of European Athletics awards.




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