Preview: Pentathlon, European Indoors, Istanbul
On Friday 3rd March 2023, the European Indoor Championships pentathlon will take place in Istanbul. The landscape of pentathlon has changed since double Olympic champion Nafi Thiam won her European…
Rankings Analysis: 14 February 2023
This series of posts provides an analysis of key developments in the world rankings for combined events, and in qualification for major championships. You can read a full description of…
Rankings Analysis: 7 February 2023
This series of posts provides an analysis of key developments in the world rankings for combined events, and in qualification for major championships. You can read a full description of…
Preview: Tallinn Combined Events, 4-5 February 2023
After an exciting competition last weekend in Clermont Ferrand and a WTF performance from Kyle Garland, we move onto Tallinn for the annual Combined Events meeting. This year our Estonian…
Rankings Analysis: 31 January 2023
This series of posts provides an analysis of key developments in the world rankings for combined events, and in qualification for major championships. You can read a full description of…
Review: X-Athletics 2023, Clermont Ferrand
At the X-Athletics meeting in Clermont Ferrand on the weekend of 28th and 29th January, Makenson Gletty and Leonie Cambours shone as the top French athletes, Simon Ehammer secured perhaps…
Preview: X-Athletics 2023, Clermont-Ferrand
I first attended the X-Athletics meeting in Clermont Ferrand in January 2019, the year I decided I was going to put my lifelong love for the combined events out into…
Review: England Combined Events Champs 2023, Sheffield
In Azusa, California in April 2022, Sam Talbot quietly improved his decathlon best by 600 points to score 7643. He followed that with 7692 points a few weeks later in…
Preview: England Athletics Combined Events Champs, Sheffield
There’s been something in the air of late in UK combined events. An edge, a heightened confidence, a sense of grit. Athletes stepping up into international competitions, holding their own…
2023 Decathlon Calendar
The Decathletes of Europe 2023 Calendar is here! Thank you to the photographers who provided permission to use their images: