Preview: Olympic decathlon, Paris 2024
It’s going to take 9000 points to win the Olympic decathlon. Since Leo Neugebauer broke Jürgen Hingsen’s German decathlon record in June last year. Since Pierce LePage scored within 100…
Preview: Euro Champs decathlon, Rome 2024
In Olympic year, the European Championships decathlon in Rome brings the decathletes of Europe together in a reprise of the great battles of the last five years. More lies ahead,…
Preview: World Indoor Championships Heptathlon, Glasgow 2024
SIMON EHAMMER, SWITZERLAND As the eleven decathletes line up for the start of the heptathlon at the World Indoors in Glasgow this weekend, all eyes will be on Simon Ehammer…
PREVIEW: X-ATHLETICS, CLERMONT FERRAND, 2024
“Indoors it’s a completely different beast,” said Ash Moloney after winning bronze in his first ever heptathlon, at the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade in 2022. “I reckon it’s more…
Rankings analysis: 26 September 2023
The update to the world decathlon and heptathlon rankings on 26 September 2023 followed the final Combined Events Tour meeting of the season, Decastar in Talence.
Review: X-Athletics 2023, Clermont Ferrand
At the X-Athletics meeting in Clermont Ferrand on the weekend of 28th and 29th January, Makenson Gletty and Leonie Cambours shone as the top French athletes, Simon Ehammer secured perhaps…
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…
Preview: X-Athletics Clermont Ferrand
In January 2019 the competitors at the X-Athletics meeting in Clermont Ferrand were vying for places at the European Indoor Championships in Glasgow. This year, the prize at stake during…
The February Ten
Every month, I share a digest of ten decathlon-related facts, figures and features. Here’s my pick of the best of February 2019. 1 The first day of February was marked…