Athletics: New women's events recognised
World and European records in both the women's pole vault and hammer throw will be recognised from the end of 1994, the president of the European Athletics Association (EAA), Carl-Olaf Homen, announced in Copenhagen yesterday. Both events are to be included in the programme for the European Athletics Championships at Budapest in 1998.
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