A Letter to World and European Athletics, 22 March 2021
To: Sebastian Coe, World Athletics President, and Dobromir Karamarinov, European Athletics Interim President Dear colleagues We are writing to you to express our concerns about the size of fields for…
ENGLAND CHAMPS DAY 1 REPORT
As anticipated in our preview, the defending champion Lewis Church had a strong start to his first day, close to replicating the marks in his 2025 winning series in the…
England Championships Heptathlon Preview, Sheffield 2026
“I think Great Britain is about to have another 8000-point decathlete,” Simon Ehammer muttered to me between vaults at the Multistars decathlon in Brescia in April 2025. He was right.…
World Championships 2025 Decathlon preview
If the women’s heptathlon offered us a clear favourite for the gold medal, then the World Championships’ men’s decathlon feels much more like a “pick’n’mix” selection, where multiple combinations of…
World Championships 2025 Heptathlon Preview
Anna Hall: The Clear Favourite Without doubt, Anna Hall of the USA is outstanding favourite for the 2025 world championships heptathlon title. This is neither controversial statement nor hot take,…
2025 Götzis Decathlon Preview
The fiftieth anniversary edition of the Götzis Hypomeeting this weekend brings together familiar faces and new decathlon talent, 9000-point legends with 8000-point first timers, global medallists, and new graduates from…
European Indoors Pentathlon Preview, Apeldoorn 2025
While the European Indoor championships heptathlon on Friday and Saturday was a rematch between the three world indoor medallists, in Sunday’s pentathlon we will have a fresh dynamic. New favourites,…
The Rematch: European Indoors Heptathlon Preview, Apeldoorn 2025
THE REMATCH This time last year in Glasgow, three decathletes of Europe were locked in battle for the world heptathlon title. Simon Ehammer of Switzerland, Sander Skotheim of Norway and…
Preview: Tallinn pentathlon, 2025
This weekend, another four are competing in the Tallinn combined events meeting: world indoor silver medallist Saga Vanninen of Finland, Yuliya Loban of Ukraine, Bianca Salming of Sweden, and Paulina…
Tallinn heptathlon, Day 1: on European record watch
“I thought the 60m was faster” said World and European Indoor silver medallist Sander Skotheim, ruefully, after the first event at the Tallinn combined events meeting this weekend. “But if…
Tallinn Heptathlon Preview, 2025
Hot on the heels of the X-Athletics meeting in Clermont Ferrand last weekend, the next stop on the World Athletics Combined Events tour is the Tallinn Combined Events meeting on…