The four-day programme will be played out at the Tbilisi Athletics Arena, which has a capacity of 3,000.

Among the names to look out for in boys' competition is Greek pole vaulter Emmanouil Karalis, who has set three world youth pole vault records this year - two indoors and one outdoors - and arrives in Tbilisi with a lifetime best of 5.55 metres to his name.

The 16-year-old's first record clearance of 5.53m was set on home soil at the Greek Indoor Championships.

In girls’ competition, Romanian triple jumper Georgiana-Iuliana Anitei is strongly tipped to make her mark.

Despite trailing Cuba’s Davisleidis Velazco on the world youth rankings by a substantial margin, Anitei is ranked a clear second with 13.38m.

The 17-year-old had a stellar season at the major championships last year, winning the world youth title in Colombian city Cali and gold at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Tbilisi - where she was the Flagbearer for Romania - in the space of a fortnight in July.

Hosts Georgia will have a dozen male and female competitors participating, a record number for the country's appearances in athletics events.

The first-ever European Athletics Youth Championships were awarded to Tbilisi in May 2014.

The event was created in 2013 to promote the sport among youngsters in Europe and each country may send a maximum of two athletes per event.

Tbilisi was chosen ahead of its only rival, Italian city Rieti.

The full programme of the European Athletics Youth Championships can be viewed by clicking here.