European Athletics is pleased to announce that it will stream live the Helsinki 2012 European Athletics Championships with English-language commentary.

Athletics fans around the world will be able to click through to the live stream link from the European Athletics website homepage and watch the championships live in their entirety.

Fans will be able to instantly rewind the action and watch video on demand of an event just a few minutes after it has finished.

English commentary will add colour to the live action throughout the 27 June to 1 July event.

The live stream page is scheduled to be opened on 20 June.

Athletes’ post-competition interviews will be uploaded to the European Athletics YouTube site (www.youtube.com/europeanathletics) throughout the championships.

Videos, photos, news articles and more will be posted to the new European Athletics Championships Facebook fan page (facebook.com/EuropeanAthleticsChampionships) and dedicated Twitter feed @Euro_Champs (www.twitter.com/Euro_Champs) throughout the championships.

The European Athletics website (www.european-athletics.org) will carry all the latest news from Helsinki 2012 in the final month leading up to the event and throughout the five-day championships.