Russia won European Team Athletics Championships 2015

Russia has won the European team athletics championships for the fourth time in the last six years. Russia won 10 of the 40 events on the program. Russia came first with the total 368.5 points followed by Germany in second place with 346 points and France at third place with 319.5 points. The youthful Great Britain team finished the Championships in fifth place. The venue for the Championship is Cheboksary, Russia.

The top four teams of 2015 league competition including Czech Republic, Greece, Netherlands and Belgium will be promoted to the super league.

Tidbits
  • Anna Shchagina of Russia: Won the 1500m event.
  • Darya Klishina of Russia: Two-time European indoor long jump champion jumped 6.95 meters to win
  • Sergey Shubenkov of Russia: World bronze medallist won 110m hurdles