LAUSANNE (SUI): European Athletics informs that a total of 997 athletes from 45 European Athletics Member Federation countries have entered for the 9th European Athletics U23 Championships to be held in Tampere, Finland, from 11-14 July. The final entries list includes 559 starters in the men’s events and 438 in the women’s events. At the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships in Ostrava, 949 athletes from 42 member federations had participated
