23 September 2024
Danish club Sparta Atletik took the lion’s share of glory at the Clash of the Clubs III, the European Athletics DNA (Dynamic New Athletics) U20 Clubs tournament in Pombal, Portugal at the weekend (21-22). The Copenhagen based outfit accrued a total of 100 points across the 11 disciplines in Sunday’s (22) final.
Clash of the Clubs III: Where to watch
19 September 2024
It’s finally here! The waiting is over and the scene is set for 12 of Europe’s top U20 club teams to experience athletics with attitude and find out which of them will be this year’s champions at the Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) Clash of the Clubs.
Countdown to Pombal: Returning clubs look for Clash of the Clubs success to grow DNA legacy
18 September 2024
Of the 12 club teams selected by national federations to compete in this week’s European Athletics’ Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) U20 Clubs, the Clash of the Clubs III, seven are returning to the event and five of those will be appearing for a third time, indicating both their strength domestically and their satisfaction with the DNA experience.
Countdown to Pombal: Last year’s top two set for Clash of the Clubs rematch
16 September 2024
One of the most anticipated sub-plots at next week’s European Athletics’ Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) U20 Clubs, the Clash of the Clubs III, in the Portuguese city of Pombal will be the face off between the 2023 second placers Sparta Atletik & Løb of Denmark and the defending champions Club Atletismo Playas de Castellón from Spain.
Countdown to Pombal: Portuguese teams ready to face Europe’s best in Clash of the Clubs III
13 September 2024
As the host country for the third edition of the Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) U20 Clubs, the Clash of the Clubs III, on 21 and 22 September, Portugal has the unique opportunity to be represented by two clubs instead of the usual one and as the competition approaches both of the selected team leaders have shared their thoughts about preparations for the event.
From the Etihad Stadium to the Stade de France to Pombal: Ellen returns to promote DNA to a new audience
6 September 2024
After an intense summer of top-level sports reporting, Ellen Ellard will cap the season with a return to a pet pleasure when for a second time she fronts the live stream of the Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) U20 Clubs event, dubbed the Clash of the Clubs III, on 21 and 22 September in the Portuguese city of Pombal.
27 August 2024
With just 25 days to go, the Portuguese city of Pombal is rolling out the red carpet for the third edition of the Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) U20 Clubs event, dubbed the Clash of the Clubs III and, if the first two editions are anything to go by, it should be an unforgettable experience.
Portugal to host Clash of the Clubs III
23 February 2024
The third edition of the Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) U20 Clubs competition, dubbed the Clash of the Clubs III, has been scheduled to take place in Pombal, Portugal, on 21-22 September 2024.
Playas Castellon champions of Clash of the Clubs II
28 September 2023
After two days of action-packed athletics, filled with boundless energy and brilliant enthusiasm, it all came down to a head-to-head duel. The battle for European glory at this year’s Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) U20 Clubs Competition proved one to remember, and one the legions of teenagers who made the trip to Rome will never forget.
21 February 2023
Great Britain emerged victorious at the European Athletics DNA U20 Indoors international match in Madrid on Wednesday (22), with three victories and a strong overall performance in the first 10 events providing an insurmountable cushion prior to The Hunt.
21 February 2023
When the six invited national teams gather tomorrow for the first-ever European Athletics DNA U20 indoor event, billed as the ‘Matchup in Madrid’, it will mark the latest phase of a more than four-year campaign to promote Dynamic New Athletics to athletes and audiences across Europe.
20 February 2023
Many of Europe’s top teenage talents will embark on their bid for glory at this summer’s European Athletics U20 Championships with an outing in their national colours at the European Athletics DNA U20 Indoors international match in Madrid on Wednesday (22).
17 February 2023
As local organisers make their final arrangements, leaders of the six competing teams have announced the official line-ups for the first-ever European Athletics DNA U20 indoor match, billed as the ‘Matchup in Madrid’ hosted by the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation (RFEA) on 22 February.
DNA U20 Indoors moved to Madrid
5 December 2022
Continuing its strong backing for the Dynamic New Athletics project, the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation is set to host the first European Athletics DNA U20 Indoors match, a battle of six mixed-gender national U20 teams, in Madrid on 22 February.
17 October 2022
Modernisation and athlete enthusiasm for European Athletics’ ground-breaking Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) competition format emerged as key themes in the final session of the online Teams Athletics Conference, which examined the development of all aspects of the DNA concept and the roadmap for wider implementation in the coming years.
Team Athletics Conference – Day 1 report
14 October 2022
The Teams Athletics conference kicked off with a comprehensive case study of how European Athletics’ Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) concept has been adapted and implemented in Spain, a two-year project supported by a grant from the European Commission.
10 October 2022
With more than 150 participants already registered for the free of charge, online conference entitled “Team Athletics: The Sport’s Newest Offer”, leaders of European Athletics’ Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) project have welcomed preliminary figures for social media activity related to last month’s European DNA U20 Clubs event in Castellón, Spain, as proof of the concept’s potential.
18 September 2022
After Saturday’s sunshine, rain and cloud arrived in the Spanish coastal city of Castellón on Sunday (18) – but the concept of Dynamic New Athletics continued to shine brightly as the inaugural European DNA U20 Clubs competition concluded.
17 September 2022
The inaugural European Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) U20 Clubs competition got away to a compelling start at Castellón, Spain today, to the obvious appreciation of an enthusiastic crowd basking in September sunshine.
16 September 2022
Media audiences following tomorrow’s first European DNA U20 Clubs in Castellón, Spain, can look forward to experiencing athletics in new and unexpected ways.
Clash of the Clubs: Get ready for action
16 September 2022
The question of how Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) – the innovative, fast and furious variant of the sport created by European Athletics – will fit into the future sporting landscape will become clearer after this weekend’s inaugural European DNA U20 Clubs competition in Castelló, Spain.
Clash of the Clubs: Sparta Atletik & Løb Team Profile
15 September 2022
When the team from Denmark’s Sparta Atletik & Løb, steps on to the track for this weekend’s first-ever European DNA U20 Clubs event in Castellón, Spain, they will be counting on both enthusiasm and experience to see them through to success in the Clash of the Clubs.
13 September 2022
European Athletics and the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation (RFEA) are inviting members of the athletics community in Europe to learn about the development of Dynamic New Athletics and discuss the best ways for the format to be rolled out in the coming years by taking part in an online conference on 13 and 14 October.
Clash of the Clubs: CD Surco Lucena Team Profile
9 September 2022
Next weekend’s first-ever European DNA U20 Clubs event in Castellón, Spain, will be another step in Spanish club CD Surco Lucena’s seemingly inexorable rise to the top echelon of youth-oriented athletics clubs – a rise linked to the development of the Dynamic New Athletics concept itself.
Clash of the Clubs: AK Škoda Plzeň Team Profile
8 September 2022
After demonstrating their club’s strength in depth at the national level, the young athletes of the Czech Republic’s AK Škoda Plzeň are turning their sights towards success at the first-ever European DNA U20 Clubs event – the Clash of the Clubs – in Castellón, Spain, 17-18 September.
Clash of the Clubs: Blackheath and Bromley Team Profile
2 September 2022
With its long history of team and individual success and an enviable complement of seasoned young stars, Britain’s Blackheath & Bromley Harriers AC is sure to be gunning for glory in its first European Athletics’ Dynamic New Athletics format competition – the European DNA U20 Clubs event in Castellón, Spain – on the weekend of 17 and 18 September.
Clash of the Clubs: Oslo og Akershus Team Profile
31 August 2022
When the athletes from Team Oslo & Akershus compete at the European DNA U20 Clubs in Castellón, Spain, they will be the first Norwegians this century, and possibly ever, to take part in a European-level club-based track & field event.
Clash of the Clubs: Enka Sports Club Team Profile
26 August 2022
Packed with athletes who have already achieved multiple successes at both national and international level, Turkey’s Enka Sports Club must surely rank among the favoured teams going into next month’s first-ever European DNA U20 Clubs event, the Clash of the Clubs, in Castellón, Spain.
Clash of the Clubs: 25 days to go
23 August 2022
There are just 25 days to go until DNA’s Clash of the Clubs gets underway in Castellón, Spain. The event will see 12 clubs from across the continent compete to become champions of Europe in the U20s category.
17 August 2022
Gaining experience will be the main aim for the team from Switzerland’s TV Länggasse Bern next month when it goes up against some of the continent’s top clubs at the European DNA U20 Clubs event in Castéllon, Spain.
Clash of the Clubs: Ratoath AC Team Profile
10 August 2022
Next month’s European DNA U20 Clubs event in Castellón, Spain, is set to be one of several high points in the 2022 season for Ireland’s Ratoath AC and a special occasion for the wider community supporting the club.
Clash of the Clubs: Just 50 days to go
29 July 2022
As organisers round the bend into the preparation home straight, interest is building for the European DNA U20 Clubs event in Castellón, Spain, 17-18 September.
Billed as the Clash of the Clubs, the meeting hosted by the local club Playas de Castellón, European Athletics and the Royal Spanish Athletic Federation (RFEA) will be the first-ever international U20 competition using the Dynamic New Athletics format.
29 June 2022
With less than 80 days to go, European Athletics and the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation (RFEA) are ramping up preparations for the first European DNA U20 Clubs competition in Castellón, Spain, 17-18 September.
16 May 2022
An important new chapter in the Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) story has been written by the Royal Spanish Athletic Federation (RFEA), which hosted nearly 200 school-aged athletes for two days of team-based competition under the name “Jungle Athletics” at the Gallur Municipal Sport Centre in Madrid on the weekend of 14-15 May.
9 May 2022
After grabbing the first two editions of Spain’s national indoor Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) inter-clubs meeting, Playas de Castellón confirmed its early dominance of the format, this time with a resounding victory in the country’s first-ever national Clubs U20 DNA Championships at its home track, the Complejo Deportivo Gaetá Huguet in Castellón, last Saturday (7 May).
5 February 2022
Spain started as favourites to hoist the magnificent DNA indoor international trophy and despite unpredictability being a crucial part of the concept, the Iberian squad delivered as expected at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow on Saturday.
3 February 2022
Excitement is building and Glasgow’s Emirates Arena looks set to be a sell out this coming Saturday (5) for the inaugural DNA indoor international which features a six-sided contest featuring England v Scotland v Wales v Ireland v Spain v Portugal.
Final entries for DNA indoor international now available
2 February 2022
Final entries are now available for the DNA indoor international in Glasgow this coming Saturday.
31 January 2022
Data collected last summer shows that most athletics federations in Europe are open to cooperating with European Athletics on rolling out the innovative Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) team format for competitions at both the domestic and international levels.
5 days to go – Throwing long is in Lincoln’s DNA
30 January 2022
Team competition is emphasised in Dynamic New Athletics matches but there is no doubt that many fans’ gaze, not least the travelling England supporters, will be on shot putter Scott Lincoln at the DNA indoor international in Glasgow this coming Saturday.
Scotland name team to contest DNA indoor international on home soil
27 January 2022
Host nation Scotland will be looking to impress in the DNA indoor international in Glasgow on Saturday 5 February not least because they have been able to name Tokyo Olympic Games 1500m silver medallist Laura Muir in their team.
27 January 2022
Shot putter Scott Lincoln will lead the England team at the DNA indoor international in Glasgow, Scotland on Saturday 5 February.
25 January 2022
Spain have named a strong team for the DNA indoor international – a six-sided international featuring England v Scotland v Wales v Ireland v Spain v Turkey – in Glasgow on Saturday 5 February and their squad is replete with high quality performers, not least hurdler Asier Martinez.
21 January 2022
Reigning European U23 100m champion Jeremiah Azu heads the Wales team contesting the inaugural DNA indoor international in Glasgow, Scotland on 5 February.
17 January 2022
Among the names in their team is Tokyo Olympian Louise Shanhan and emerging sprinters Molly Scott and Israel Olatunde.
16 January 2022
Playas de Castellón retained their ranking as the top exponents of the Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) format in Spain when they triumphed at the national inter-clubs meeting at the Lluís Puig Velodrome in Valencia on Saturday (15).
Spain to stage second national indoor DNA event
14 January 2022
Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) is set to return to the spotlight when the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation (RFEA) hosts the second edition of the Spanish national inter-clubs meeting at the Velodrome Lluís Puig in Valencia on Saturday 15 January.
29 December 2021
After the launch of Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) at the 2019 European Games in Minsk and two years of challenges related to the Covid-19 pandemic, European Athletics is now ready to roll out its innovative concept with an extensive programme of activities in 2022.
14 October 2021
European Athletics, Glasgow Life, and EventScotland, are pleased to announce that Dynamic New Athletics Indoor (DNA), a new mixed-gender, fast-paced, short and compact team athletics event, will be coming to the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland on Saturday 5 February 2022.
DNA makes its indoor debut
31 January 2021
Despite an enforced absence from the competition calendar in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) returned to the spotlight with a successful event at the Spanish national indoor inter-clubs meeting in Valencia on Saturday (30).
DNA to expand to grassroots with EU grant
23 October 2020
The European Commission has awarded the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation (RFEA) €300,000 to develop European Athletics’ Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) for use in schools and clubs.
DNA makes exciting debut at European Games in Minsk
29 June 2019
Ukraine’s athletes are celebrating their team gold medal after a spine-tingling final of the first-ever Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) competition in front of a sold-out crowd, which included the Belarusian President, at the 2nd European Games in Minsk, Belarus.
Dynamic New Athletics gears up for debut at European Games Minsk 2019
1 September 2018
A revolutionary new athletics experience is coming soon to a stadium near you.
At next year’s European Games in Minsk European Athletics and the European Olympic Committees (EOC) will unveil Dynamic New Athletics (DNA), an action-packed new mixed-gender team event built on tactics, competitiveness and grit.
