Engagement with The Youth. How many times have we seen or heard that phrase in recent years, expressed by the silver-haired guardians of our most valued sports?

Dynamic New Athletics (DNA), developed specially for the 2019 European Games in Minsk, is set to make its international indoor debut in Glasgow in February, it has been announced.

It was not quite the perfect ending the host nation had hoped for in the inaugural Dynamic New Athletics final here as they finished just 0.67 seconds behind Ukraine in the final race for gold - but after a stadium that looked close to its 22,246 capacity had been taken on a journey of rising hope as the hosts won five of the eight preceding events it was, broadly speaking, a great result for athletics at the 2nd European Games.

Many things are still unclear about the Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) programme that is making its international debut here within the 2nd European Games.

The first public sighting of "Dynamic New Athletics" - the new format being debuted at the 2nd European Games - proved auspicious here today as it provided more than enough drama, suspense and surprise to keep a decent-sized crowd genuinely engaged through four two-hour mini-matches.

For the first time in athletics history, time-staggered start gates will be used in an international athletics competition when the newly-conformed Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) takes its place at the European Games in Minsk.

Track’athlon has not been replaced on the programme for the Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) event at the Minsk 2019 European Games, as organisers confirmed the 24 participating countries.

European Athletics have presented their Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) concept to National Olympic Committees (NOC) prior to its adoption at the Minsk 2019 European Games.

A workshop dedicated to Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) was held as part of the build-up to the format's debut at the Minsk 2019 European Games.

Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) could be rolled out in schools if it is a success at next year's European Games in Minsk, it has been claimed. 

European Athletics Council member Libor Varhaník has hailed a "successful" test of a new format of track and field which will be used at the Minsk 2019 European Games.

The newly-refurbished Dinamo Stadium is set to host a test event for Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) later this month, in an early trial for the new format that originators hope will appeal to a younger audience.

Details of the new mixed-team, two-hour model of athletics that will debut at next year’s European Games in Minsk - entitled Dynamic New Athletics - have been released by the European Olympic Committees (EOC).

European Athletics has today unveiled its initial ideas for a revolutionary type of event that is set to make its debut at the 2019 European Games in Belarus’ capital Minsk.