The European Olympic Committees has granted a relief fund of $150,000 to the NOCs of Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Serbia to help in flood recovery efforts.
The financial aid is to be used to help support sport-related activities affected by the floods, which are the worst to hit the area in the last 120 years.
The EOC Executive Committee made the decision at its meeting in Nicosia, Cyprus on Thursday.
"Today, the EOC Executive Committee met to discuss how we could respond in a meaningful way to these terrible floods and I am delighted with the decision that has been taken," said EOC president Patrick Hickey.
The IOC Executive Board member added: "These floods have damaged Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia in a way which their people may only have thought possible in war, that’s how bad things are.
"Given people’s passion for sport in these countries, sport-related activities are going to play a huge part in their recovery and rehabilitation. This money will help elite and grass roots athletes alike during this difficult time."
Written by Mark Bisson
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