The Swiss national team achieved its goal at the European Team Championship in Chorzow thanks to its twelfth place in the first division.
The third day of competition was a test of nerves for the Swiss team. Since the different disciplines were present in the program in which Switzerland allocated relatively little budget to the top positions, the 30-point lead over the relegation places after two days was of great importance. In the end, the 42-man squad from Switzerland Athletics had a reserve of 13 points in 14th place, thus managing to stay in the league and would be among the top 16 in Europe at the next European Team Championships in Madrid in two years. ‘ time.
The 4x400m mixed relay with Lionel Spitz (Adliswil Track Team), Julia Sen (LC Zurich), Ricky Petrucciani (LC Zurich) and Julia Niederberger (LA Nidwalden) provided an exciting conclusion to the European Championships eighth overall and thus certainly secured the Swiss position in the top division. The quartet also set a Swiss record time of 3:14.22 minutes.
After a total of 37 decisions, Italy secured victory by 426.5 points. Belgium, Turkey and Norway were relegated to the second division.
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