Deputy Mayor of Paray-le-Monial Michel Travely, European Athletics President &lt;a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=Hansj%C3%B6rg+Wirz&amp;family=editorial&amp;specificpeople=6130560 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'&gt;Hansjörg Wirz&lt;/a&gt;, French Athletics Federation President Bernard Amsalem and European Athletics Vice President Jean Gracia sign the contract as Christophe Halleumieux, Claude Monnet, Pierre Weiss, and former World Cross Country Championships gold medallist Annette Sergent-Petit look on as Paray-le-Monial is awarded to host the 2015 European Cross Country Championships during the European Athletics event allocations as part the European Athletics council meeting on November 2, 2013 in Zurich, Switzerland.