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…
British combined eventers launch online petition, following uncertainty about national champs
In the week where it was announced that the 2024 Austrian national championships for heptathlon would be included in the world-famous Götzis Hypomeeting, British combined eventers have expressed their frustration…
Preview: 2023 Decastar decathlon and heptathlon
This weekend at Decastar in Talence, it’s the last chance saloon of the combined events season. Some are on victory tours. Some are seeking to capitalise on breakthroughs earlier in…
Preview: 2023 World Champs Decathlon, Budapest
Finally, on the 7th and 8th days of the World Championships, it’s time to decathlon. “This will be the BEST Decathlon competition in history. 100%.” said double world decathlon champion…
Preview: 2023 World Champs Heptathlon, Budapest
This is not quite the World Championships heptathlon we ordered earlier in 2023, but the version we’ve been delivered this coming weekend will quite possibly bring more intrigue and certainly…
Preview: US Women’s Decathlon Championships
This weekend, 12-14 August 2023, the US women’s decathlon championships take place at Hillmer Lodge Stadium, Mt SAC, California. Earlier this year some of the best US men enjoyed a…
EU20s: Heptathlon Review and Decathlon Preview
Somewhere among the dozens of young athletes competing at the European U20 Championships in Jerusalem this week lie the names that will grace the great combined events meets of the…
Review: EU23 Championships decathlon – The Age of Rootheim
Spare a thought for the poor Norwegian decathlon record. Since 2018, the record had been minding its own business, under the responsible stewardship of Martin Roe. It hadn’t been disturbed…
Preview: 2023 European U23 decathlon, Espoo
“I think my age group is one of the best in history.” Those were the words of the 2021 World U20 bronze medallist Jose San Pastor of Spain about his…
Preview: Ratingen 2023
DECATHLON In the 2022 edition of the Ratingen combined events meeting, the decathlon was dominated by Simon Ehammer, as the Swiss broke the world decathlon long jump best for the…