European Championships (Multi-Sport)
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The European Championships is a new multi-sport event which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 will be staged by the host cities of Glasgow, Scotland and Berlin, Germany between 2 and 12 August. European Championships in these sports held outside this quadrennial framework (annually in the cases of Gymnastics, Rowing, Triathlon and Cycling, biennially in the case of Athletics and Aquatics) are unaffected.
In 2018, the European Athletics Championships will be held in Berlin, while Glasgow will host the Aquatics, Cycling, Gymnastics, Rowing and Triathlon along with a new Golf European Team Championships.
The championships are being staged under one new brand with the 'Mark of a Champion', a star-like logo.
The European Broadcasting Union is a key partner in the event and it will be broadcast across Europe's free to air channels via its Eurovision Network, reaching an estimated audience of 1.03 billion. It will also be broadcast across radio and multiple digital platforms.
The athletics will be staged at the Olympiastadion in Berlin between 7 and 12 August. Competition will start in Glasgow on 2 August with the swimming taking place at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre, the diving and synchronised swimming at the Royal Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh, and the open water swimming taking place at Loch Lomond.
Cycling will bring its four Olympic disciplines of track, road, mountain bike and BMX together for the first time and they will be staged at Glasgow's Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, on the streets of Glasgow, the Cathkin Braes Mountain Bike Trails and a new Olympic standard BMX track to be built in the city.
Gymnastics will take place at the SSE Hydro, the venue for the 2015 FIG World Gymnastics Championships, and the new Golf Team Championships will be staged at Gleneagles, the venue for the 2014 Ryder Cup.
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