 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ma1970 yaivewo nguva yeEuropean Athletics yekusimudza nyaya yekushandisa zvinodhaka. Vakatanga kugadza kudzora kwakarongeka zvikuru, vachisundira kuti bvunzo dziwedzerwe kuvamhanyi vasiri vokuEuropewo. Makwikwi eEurope a1974Zvirongwa zvitsva zvacho zvaisanganisira zvigadzirwa zvakawanda zvakarambidzwa kupfuura kare, uye vanabolic steroid dzaiongororwa pane zvimwe zviitiko zvose zvakazotevera. Semakondinendi, Europe yakanga iri pachena musimboti weIAAF uye muenzaniso wokutevedzera nokuda kwamamwe mitezo yeIAAF. Somunhu akadaro, Sangano reEurope rakava nzvimbo yekuedza yemitambo yepasi rose, kuronga zviitiko zvisati zvazivikanwa neInternational Olympic Committee. Somuenzaniso, nhangemutange yemarathon yevakadzi yakabatanidzwa mumakwikwi e1982 uye yakava nhangemutange yeOlympic yevatambi vechikadzi paMitambo yeOlympic yezhizha ya1984. 