9th European Mountain Running Championships in Sapareva Banya (BUL) on 4th July 2010:preview.
243 athletes from 26 ,European Athletic Federations are set to partecipate in the senior and junior category races ,for both men and women. ,
National Athletic Federations which confirmed their presence are:
Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Rep., France, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Germany, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovak Rep., Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine. " "
The Local Organising Committee with the President, Sasho Ivanov (Mayor of Sapareva Banya Municipality), the Vice President, Dobromir Karamarinov (President Bulgarian Athletic Federation), the General Secretary, Radka Georgieva, and the Event Coordinator, Galia Puhaleva (also WMRA Council Member) and all the LOC Staff is ready to organise a memorable edition of the Championships.
More information can be read on the webpage of the event: http://www.emrc2010saparevabanya.org.
Further to the technical information about the event the welcome speeches ,of Hansjorg Wirz (EA President), Svilen Neykov, (Minister of Physical Education and Sport of Republic of Bulgaria), Sasho Ivanov (Dipl.Eng.M.Sc. Mayor of Sapareva Banya), and Dobromir Karamarinov (President of Bulgarian Athletic Federation and European Athletics Council Member) are also available at the webpage.
The TV Production of the event will be realised by IMS Ltd.
During the event the annual meeting of the European Athletics ,Mountain Running Commission will be held with important item on the agenda like the finalization of the Technical Guidelines or the bidding application for the organisation of 11th European Mountain Running Championships 2012.
All knows that the 10th edition of the European Mountain Running Championships will be staged in Turkey, Bursa, on 9th July 2011.
WMRA is thanking in advance the LOC and European Athletics for their work in favour of the discipline of mountain running and all the National Athletic Federations and the participants for their presence at the EA Championships.
In the images logos of the Championships
By Bruno Gozzelino
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