athletics

About the sport

The sport that perhaps comes closest to the Olympic Motto of ‘faster, higher, better’ is athletics. In all different parts of the sport these three words are represented. During the EYOF 2015 athletes will compete in 12 different events for the gold medal.

At the European Youth Olympic Festival there will be competitions in twelve different athletics events. Besides the sprinting and longer distance running numbers, the track will hold the hurdles, steeplechase and relay events. On the field the young athletes will participate in the long jump, high jump, triple jump and pole vault. The throwing events are hammer, javelin, discus and shot put.
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