Review: 2021 European U20 Decathlon, Tallinn
100M The first man to cross the line in the 2021 European U20 decathlon was Sweden’s Jacob Thelander in a huge PB of 11.09 in Heat 1 of the 100m,…
Review: 2021 European U20 Heptathlon, Tallinn
The conditions were great, Sofie Dokter was a revelation, the Germans weren’t messing and Saga Vanninen looked amazing. 100M HURDLES On the first day of the U20 heptathlon, like the…
Preview: 2021 European U20 Championships, Tallinn
Estonia, spiritual home of decathlon, where Janek Õiglane is on the commemorative stamp to celebrate the championships; where 2000 Olympic champion Erki Nool presented the medals to the European U23…
Review: 2021 European U23 Championships, Tallinn
HEPTATHLON When we left the heptathlon at the end of Day 1, Adrianna Sułek had a lead of 150 points over Holly Mills, largely as a result of Holly’s lower…
Preview: 2021 European U23 Championships, Tallinn
The last time the European U23 championships took place, it was in the summer of 2019 in Gävle, Sweden. The decathlon was a showdown between the titans Niklas Kaul and…
Review: Ratingen and US Trials – The Virtual Thorpe Cup
Two decathlons of critical importance, taking place 5000 miles apart. Like a virtual Thorpe Cup, featuring two of the titans of combined events, Germany and USA. Two men on each…
2021 Arona review, Ratingen and US trials preview
Last weekend was the 3rd leg of the World Athletics Combined Events Challenge: hot sun, palm trees and big points in the south of Tenerife, just off the coast of…
Arona 2021: Preview
The Combined Events Challenge competitions are coming at us faster than women’s 10,000m world records. Just 2 weeks after Damian Warner’s skirmish with 9000 points in Götzis, it’s onto Arona…
Götzis 2021: Review
Damian Warner is the greatest World and Olympic champion we’ve never had…yet. As soon as the 100m was run on Saturday morning, there was no doubt that the Canadian record…
Götzis 2021: Preview
And we’re back! After a break in 2020 because of The Pandemic, we return to the Mösle-Stadion for the world’s best multi-event competition. The organisers have left no stone unturned…