DORTMUND (ALEMANIA), 19 Feb. (dpa) –
The European Athletics Indoor Championships will be held next month in Istanbul, as planned, despite the devastating earthquake that has shaken other parts of Turkey, according to the president of the German Athletics Federation, Jürgen. Kessing.
“The European Federation is in permanent contact with the organizers. They are absolutely determined to organize the European Championships, which must bring positive news after the terrible events,” Kessing, a member of the Council of the European Athletics Federation, said at the German Track Championships. cover this weekend.
The Istanbul European is scheduled from March 2 to 5. The earthquake struck southern Turkey and northern Syria on February 6, killing more than 40,000 people in the Ottoman country alone.