This month, the focus of the European Championships Munich 2022 initiative Count & Last is to make a valuable contribution to the social sustainability of Munich 2022. Therefore, on Sunday 24 April, the Move For Solidarity Day took place in Olympiapark.

“I wouldn’t even call it a town, let alone a city,” says rower Fintan McCarthy laughingly when describing his hometown Skibbereen in Count Cork (population 2,700). Nevertheless the 25-year-old Irish rowing star came to worldwide fame when he crowned himself World Champion …

With the European Championships Munich 2022, the Bavarian capital will welcome the biggest sporting event since the 1972 Olympic Games in August - more than a worthy event in the golden jubilee year of the Olympiapark. Munich 2022 stands for incomparable moments and aims to inspire, …

Nine top-class European sports and an extraordinary festival – the Bavarian capital will shine in the splendour of the European Championships Munich 2022 from 11-21 August 2022. A first impression of this can be seen in the hidden object picture by Daniela Grabner, which can be admired in numerous branches of the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe, Premium Partner of the multi-sport event.

Bernadette Szőcs is one of Europe’s finest table tennis players, ranking third in the women’s single category on the continent. The Romanian just consolidated her position by winning bronze at Europe Top 16 in early 2022. Internationally the 27-year-old has been boosted to rank 24.

With the second edition of the multi-sport European Championships in Munich taking place 11-21 August and European Championships Management developing the host city appointment process for the third edition in 2026, the future looks bright for the innovative event that aims to ‘Elevate the Champions of Europe’. The inaugural European Championships in 2018 were a voyage of discovery for organisers. Paul Bush OBE, Director of Events, VisitScotland, explains why Glasgow and Scotland wanted the event, and what they gained from hosting it.

European Championships Munich 2022 is the biggest multi-sport event in Germany since the 1972 Olympic Games and promises nail-biting suspense, top-class competition in a unique atmosphere. Athletes in nine sports will compete on 11 event days and a grand total of 177 gold medals up for grabs.

Rodrigo Germade, Saul Craviotto, Marcus Cooper Walz and Carlos Arévalo López will remember each other for the rest of their lives. Together the Spaniards secured silver in the K4 500m race in canoe sprint at the Tokyo Olympics.

On Thursday, 24 March, the Olympiapark was transformed into what felt like Munich's largest schoolyard. From morning to night, children and teenagers - from 3rd grade to seniors - were all represented out and about.

With three exciting challenges in each action-packed episode, our new monthly six-part series Beat the Class pits a popular celebrity against one of our elite Class of 22 athletes.

Europe’s top athletes are already hitting top form, including utter brilliance from a Ukrainian duo ahead of European Championships Munich 2022.

The European Championships Munich 2022 (EC2022) Board has agreed to support the decision of the nine participating Federations not to invite or allow the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials at their events