2026 Decastar Preview: the redemption edition
The Decastar combined events meeting in Talence celebrates 50 years this weekend, returning to its strategic position as the closing competition of the combined events season. And redemption is on…
Day 2, morning session: 2026 European Championships Decathlon, Birmingham
So we come into the second day of the European Championships decathlon in Birmingham with the 2025 world champion Leo Neugebauer of Germany in the lead, but not quite dominant.…
Day 1 evening session: 2026 European Championships decathlon
High jump After an intriguing first morning, the operning event of the evening session of European Championships decathlon began with some tense moments for Czechia. Ondrej Kopecky required three attempts…
Day 1 morning session: 2026 European Championships Decathlon, Birmingham
“It’s showtime”, said 2022 European champion Niklas Kaul of Germany ahead of the start of the 2026 European Championships decathlon. And the second major athletics championships in the United Kingdom…
Preview: 2026 Women’s Decathlon World Championships
Channelling Alice Milliat with a third “rogue” competition, surviving a last-minute shunt from Trump’s “Patriot” Games, and with Olympic pole vault bronze medallist Holly Bradshaw ready to take the mic,…
From high jump to pole vault, 2026 Commonwealth Games decathlon
High Jump After a windy first morning session of the Commonwealth Games decathlon, the decathletes emerged back into the evening sunlight of Scotstoun, to the strains of “Danny Boy”. Kate…
Day 1 morning session, 2026 Commonwealth Games decathlon
The last time anyone other than Damian Warner or Lindon Victor won a Commonwealth Games decathlon was in 2010. The last time anyone other than a Canadian or Grenadian won…
Day 2 morning session: 2026 Commonwealth Games heptathlon
After a rain-sodden first day of the Commonwealth Games heptathlon, Northern Ireland’s world silver medallist, Kate O’Connor, had a comfortable lead. Not so large that it couldn’t still be reduced…
Day 1 evening session: 2026 Commonwealth heptathlon
While the rain spared the Commonwealth heptathlon athletes on their first morning, they would not be so fortunate on Tuesday evening as thunder and lightning cracked the sky over Scotstoun.…
Day 1 morning session: 2026 Commonwealth Games heptathlon
In the final ten metres of the home straight, a shallow puddle had formed from a morning downpour in the west end of Glasgow. The floodlights of Scotstoun stadium, bright…