Trials

The European U23 Championships Trials (“the Trials”) for all events except,10,000m, combined events and 20km race-walk, will take place on 17 – 18 June at the England Athletics (EA) u20/u23 Championships in Chelmsford.

The Trials for the events not staged in Chelmsford on 17 – 18 June will take place as follows:

• Combined Events – 27 – 28 May- Manchester. This is the England Athletics Senior/U20/U23 Outdoor Combined Events Championships. As such, athletes wishing to compete should enter online at the England Athletics website (englandathletics.org);
• U23 10000m trials to be held 22 April – Loughborough Athletes wishing to compete should enter directly via the Loughborough University website.
• There will be no trial for the U23 20km race-walks – athletes will instead be expected to show form/fitness over the 10,000m race-walk at the U23 trials to be eligible for selection in round 2 of this policy.

In the case of an injury, athletes will be required to provide a medical report to the British Athletics U23 Team Doctor, please contact agegroupchampsinfo@britishathletics.org.uk.

The GB and NI team will travel to the Championships as a single team. All questions related to the selection policy or trial races should be directed to agegroupchampsinfo@britishathletics.org.uk

International Age Group Webinar

Wednesday, 5^th April 2023 8:00 PM London

Register in advance for this webinar:

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZavjYUfdSTG-lgqDcB3cYQ

Previous webinars can be found here: Age Group Championships Webinars | UK Athletics

Selection Standards

The selection standards for this event will be outlined in the Selection Policy found here 2023 Selection Policies | UK Athletics

Eligibility

1. To be considered for selection, athletes must satisfy the following:
   1. be eligible to compete for GB&NI (i.e. full British passport holder);
   2. be born in 2001, 2002, 2003;
   3. compete in the Trials in the event in which they wish to be selected with the following exceptions:
      1. Athletes in the 10,000m and Combined Events;
      2. Athletes who may want to double up at the European U23 Championships do not have to compete in their second event at the Trials. Athletes must inform the Selection Panel (“the Panel”) prior to the selection meeting of their desire to double up and in which events. The Panel will consider any athlete’s second event as discretionary selection in round 2 (as described in paragraph 8).

Qualification

1. To be considered as part of the selection process, qualification performances must be achieved between 00:00 (GMT) 1 January 2023 and 23:59 (BST) 18 June 2023.

I Run Clean

It will be a mandatory requirement for all those competing at the Championships to have completed the ‘I Run Clean’ online course. This can be done by registering using the following link https://www.irunclean.org/. Once completed you will receive a certificate containing a unique code. Please ensure you complete the as urgently as possible.

Competition Timetable and Official Implements List, Tickets can be found here: Home – U23 | European Athletics Championships | Espoo 2023

Travel:  Depart 11^th July, return 17^th July 2023.

Selection policy and competition opportunities can be found here: 2023 Selection Policies | UK Athletics

Current information can be found on the European U23 official website here: Home – U23 | European Athletics Championships | Espoo 2023