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President Svein Arne Hansen led his first meeting of the new European Athletics Council on Sunday morning following the elections at the Bled Congress.

Hansen, elected on Saturday as President with a first-round majority of 26 votes, welcomed the Council members with an opening speech that urged the members to work together for the good of the sport.

“This group of 17 Council members is a strong one and my emphasis will be on teamwork,” said President Hansen. “Our hard work starts now with this first meeting.”

IAAF President Lamine Diack showed his support for Hansen by attending the meeting in Bled, Slovenia.

“I thank President Diack for attending my first Council as President. It is very important that we have IAAF with us for the future,” said Hansen.

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The Council unanimously approved Hansen’s proposal for Dobromir Karamarinov to be First Vice President.

In one of the Council's first decisions, the President announced the creation of a working group to develop the European Athletics Convention, made up of Vice President Frank Hensel, Council member Marton Gyulai and a member of the European Athletics staff.

Karamarinov of Bulgaria, Hensel of Germany and Jean Gracia of France were elected as European Athletics Vice Presidents on Saturday. Karamarinov of Bulgaria received 37 votes, Hensel of Germany 33 votes and Gracia 32.

The 13 European Athletics Council members elected (with nationality and votes in brackets) were: Antti Pihlakoski (FIN, 44), Jorge Salcedo (POR, 43), Libor Varhanik (CZE, 43), Panagiotis Dimakos (GRE, 40), Jose Luis de Carlos (ESP, 38), Marton Gyulai (HUN, 37), Sylvia Barlag (NED, 36), Toralf Nilsson (SWE, 34), Gregor Bencina (SLO, 33), Alfio Giomi (ITA, 32), Gabriela Szabo (ROM, 32), Erich Teigamagi (EST, 32), Yaras Salih Munir (TUR, 32).




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