• Poland Wins European Athletics Super League Title in Bydgoszcz
» Sunday, 11 August 2019
Article source: Athletics
Poland won the European Athletics Team Championships Super League title for the first time in history on home soil in Bydgoszcz on Sunday (11).
Polish athletes won 9 indiviual events and a women's 4x400m relay which was the last event of these championships.
Polish athletics team, who two years ago in Lille (FRA) finished in second place behind Germany, scored 345 points. Defending champions Germans finished in second place with 317.50 points just one point of France who took third place.
Twelve teams competed in the European Athletics Super League. Teams that finished between 8th to 12th place (Czech Republic (219.5), Greece (197), Finland (190) and Switzerland (175) ) were downgraded to 1st league.
Meanwhile, Portugal prevailed in the European Athletics 1st league championships in Sandnes, Norway. Top five teams from the first league Portugal (302), Belarus (281), Norway (269), Netherlands (259) and Turkey (245) will compete in the Super League in the next championships.
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