Rankings Analysis: May 2023
MAY 2023 (excuse the change in format midway through, as I redesigned my collection template) 2 May: Multistars, in Desenzano de Garda was the next significant influence on the rankings,…
Rankings Analysis: April 2023
APRIL 2023 The paragraph headings below refer to when the rankings were updated, not the dates of the competitions. 4 April: Jose Fernando Ferreira Santana rises from 77th to 63rd…
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…
Women’s Decathlon: Q&A
Here are some of the most commonly-asked questions about decathlon for women. They start with practical questions and answers, and then develop into addressing some of the challenges faced by…
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…