Everything is ready.
The European Under-18 Athletics Championships will open tomorrow (Monday) at the renovated stadium in Givat Ram, with the participation of 991 athletes from 48 countries.
On the occasion of the prestigious event, a special press conference was held this morning (Sunday) in the Tower of David, in the presence of the President of the European Athletics Association, Dubromir Carmarinov, the Mayor of Jerusalem, Moshe Leon, the Chairman of the Israeli Athletics Association, Ami Baran, the Israeli pole vaulter Lina Topic.
Kramrinov said: "We are very proud to be here in Jerusalem. I see that there is a new generation, and I want to say - we are here thanks to you. You are the basis for our future, so many stars have evolved from this competition."
"I'm sure it's going to be the best championship ever," the president added, "I know that thanks to the great efforts made here and the commitment of the people here."
The Israeli team includes 7 athletes and 9 female athletes, when they try to get a historic medal in blue and white, which has not happened to date.
Memo.
In the Israeli team, Photo: Oren Aharoni
Perhaps one of the main candidates to do so, is Noam Memo, whose entry time in the 800-meter dash is second in nature, with 1: 50.83 minutes, while tomorrow at 9:10 he will participate in the qualifiers and if he qualifies for the final, it will happen on Thursday at 20 : 10.
On the opening day, Ayala Harris will also participate in the 1,500-meter run, with Jonathan Drozeninov on the track.
Ivan Lazrov will run the qualifiers in the 400 meters, Eyal Uziel and Elior Sofer in the 110 meter hurdles and in the 100 meter qualifiers men Ado Peretz and Ohad Abergel.
In the women, Alina Malchov will participate.
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