Promotion of 2017 Indoor European Athletics Championships at Tourism Fair
03.03.2015, 09:22h
On March 3rd 2015 in Belgrade at Tourism Fair the 2017 European Indoor Championships was presented once again.
The Championships will be held from March 3rd to March5th 2017 in Kombank Arena, while training sessions will be held in the newly constructed sports hall. More than 1000 athletes from all parts Europe, as well as some 10 000 visitors are expected to arrive to Belgrade for the event.
At the Fair, Dragutin Topic, Serbia’s junior and senior high jumper icon, addressed the public and stressed the importance of the forthcoming European Athletics Championships for Serbia.
The first indoor European Championships was held in Vienna in 1970. This year, the host of the European Indoor Athletics Championships is Prague.
At the beginning of March, a delegation of Athletics Federation of Serbia and Belgrade Tourist Organization are leaving for Prague where they are to present for the first time “European Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 2017”.
The president of EAF Hansjorg Wirc is expected to present the Mayor of Belgrade Sinisa Mali with the EA flag, thus marking the beginning of preparations for the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Belgrade 2017.