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…
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…
On Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th February 2024 the second World Combined Events Tour meeting of the year takes place at Lasnamäe Indoor Arena in Tallinn, Estonia. Like X-Athletics in…
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…
“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…
The second preview of events this weekend in the Atakoy Arena in Istanbul: the men’s heptathlon. Kevin Mayer is the obvious choice for favourite, and fully fit and in form…
This series of posts provides an analysis of key developments in the world rankings for combined events, and in qualification for major championships. You can read a full description of…
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…
In a field that included the Olympic champion, the world champion and the world record holder, in the home of Ashton Eaton’s first world record a decade earlier in 2012,…
MULTISTARS REVIEW 2022 At the Multistars meeting in Grosseto on the weekend of 30 April and 1 May, European U20 medallists of 2019 graduated to break their national records, Italy’s…
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,…