World Championships 2025 Decathlon preview
If the women’s heptathlon offered us a clear favourite for the gold medal, then the World Championships’ men’s decathlon feels much more like a “pick’n’mix” selection, where multiple combinations of…
2025 Götzis Decathlon Preview
The fiftieth anniversary edition of the Götzis Hypomeeting this weekend brings together familiar faces and new decathlon talent, 9000-point legends with 8000-point first timers, global medallists, and new graduates from…
2024 Decathlon Calendar
The Decathletes of Europe 2024 Decathlon Calendar is here! Check out the 2023, 2022 and 2021 editions. Thank you to the photographers who provided permission to use their images:
Rankings Analysis: 7 November 2023
The update to the top 100 decathlon and heptathlon world rankings on 7 November 2023 reflected the results of the heptathlon at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. The…
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…
Review: US Trials and Ratingen
In the small hours of Friday night (for European readers) the mighty US Championships decathlon and heptathlon got underway in Fayetteville. As the sun started to set on Sunday evening…
Championships Round Up, 25-27 February 2022
Photos: Bilal Aouffen (Maria), USATF, UGA, Princeton, Gators A recent welcome development from World Athletics is the introduction of a “protected weekend” for national championships. It helps ensure athletes do…
Rankings Analysis: 22 February 2022
This is the second 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: NCAA Lubbock, Fayetteville, Clemson and the German and Scottish championships
When Simon Ehammer and Adrianna Sułek set their respective heptathlon and pentathlon world bests of 6285 and 4569 in Clermont Ferrand on Sunday evening, their scores came at the end…