The winds of change were blowing strong at the 20th European Athletics Congress in Cannes yesterday, where there was overwhelming support for President Hansjrg Wirz's proposal, to overhaul the competition structure.
With this, the council was given a strong mandate to continue the development and expansion of the competition structure, which will mean an outdoor European Athletics Championships, taking place on even years, starting in 2012, at the earliest. The added European Athletics Championship would take place at the same time as the US Olympic trials, and would contain all standard stadium events.
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