Rankings Analysis: 19 September 2023
The update to the world rankings for decathlon and heptathlon on 19 September 2023 flowed from the expiry of marks in mid-March 2022, and specifically the World Indoor championships in…
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: Pentathlon, European Indoors, Istanbul
On Friday 3rd March 2023, the European Indoor Championships pentathlon will take place in Istanbul. The landscape of pentathlon has changed since double Olympic champion Nafi Thiam won her European…
Preview: Tallinn Combined Events, 4-5 February 2023
After an exciting competition last weekend in Clermont Ferrand and a WTF performance from Kyle Garland, we move onto Tallinn for the annual Combined Events meeting. This year our Estonian…
Review: World Championships heptathlon, Eugene 2022
On paper, the dynamics of the World Championships heptathlon might look like what you would expect. The Olympic gold and silver medallists repeating their competition from Tokyo. A bronze medal…
Review: World Indoors 2022, Belgrade
HEPTATHLON 60M “It’s bloody fast!” was the conclusion after the first event of the men’s heptathlon at the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade. The words were those of Australia’s Ash…
Rankings Analysis: 15 February 2022
This is the first in a new weekly series of posts providing an analysis of developments in qualification for major championships, and the current world rankings for combined events. The…
Review: Tallinn Combined Events Meeting, 2022
Hans Christian Hausenberg led the heptathlon in Tallinn last weekend (5-6 February) from the moment he crossed the finish line in the 60m, to the moment he completed the 1000m.…
Preview: Tallinn Combined Events Meeting, 2022
It’s a quick journey from the X-Athletics meeting in central France to the snowy streets of Tallinn for the second big combined events meeting of the year. Estonia is one…
Review: X-Athletics, Clermont Ferrand 2022
Multiple national records, multiple world leads and the only world record* set on Saturday that would survive the day, X-Athletics in Clermont Ferrand was the place to be on 29th…