Preview: Götzis 2024
“If I had to choose between my wedding and Götzis,” said world decathlon bronze medallist Lindon Victor, “I’m going to choose Götzis. That’s how much I love it here.” There…
Review: World Indoors pentathlon, Glasgow 2024
Since January, the Glasgow pentathlon had been all about Maria. Her world lead of 4728 might have been no higher than the best global mark ahead of the previous World…
Preview: World Indoor Championships Heptathlon, Glasgow 2024
SIMON EHAMMER, SWITZERLAND As the eleven decathletes line up for the start of the heptathlon at the World Indoors in Glasgow this weekend, all eyes will be on Simon Ehammer…
Preview: 2024 Tallinn Combined Events Meeting
On Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th February 2024 the second World Combined Events Tour meeting of the year takes place at Lasnamäe Indoor Arena in Tallinn, Estonia. Like X-Athletics in…
PREVIEW: X-ATHLETICS, CLERMONT FERRAND, 2024
“Indoors it’s a completely different beast,” said Ash Moloney after winning bronze in his first ever heptathlon, at the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade in 2022. “I reckon it’s more…
Preview: England Athletics Championships 2024, Sheffield
This weekend, Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th January, the England Athletics Combined Events championships in “short track” heptathlon and pentathlon return to the EIS in Sheffield. Much has happened in…
Rankings Analysis: 14 November 2023
The changes to the top 100 decathlon and heptathlon world rankings on 14 November 2023 reflected the expiry of results from May 2022, most significantly Ratingen, Big 10, PAC 12,…
Progress on field sizes for 2025 World Indoors
Over two years after Fredrik Samuelsson first wrote to World Athletics, there is finally some cause for hope on combined events field sizes at world indoor and world outdoor championships.…
Inaugural WR for women’s indoor heptathlon at X-Athletics?
For the first time, women will be able to compete in an indoor heptathlon at the X-Athletics event in Clermont-Ferrand on 27-28th January 2024. The French athletics federation had already…
2024 Decathlon Calendar
The Decathletes of Europe 2024 Decathlon Calendar is here! Check out the 2023, 2022 and 2021 editions. Thank you to the photographers who provided permission to use their images: