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…
Preview: Götzis 2023
HEPTATHLON As Anna Hall came around the final bend at the front of the 800m field and towards a bronze medal at the World Championships in Oregon, Adrianna Sułek appeared…
Preview: Multistars 2023
“Finally, we are at home” declared Barbara Lombardi, breathing a sigh of relief in her command centre, at the Tre Stelle Stadium on the eve of the 36th Multistars competition…
Preview: Heptathlon, European Indoors, Istanbul
The second preview of events this weekend in the Atakoy Arena in Istanbul: the men’s heptathlon. Kevin Mayer is the obvious choice for favourite, and fully fit and in form…