Preview: Götzis heptathlon and decathlon 2026
Götzis arrives in the combined events calendar as the first full outdoor competition of the year for many athletes. Some have been active in the indoor season. Some have already…
Preview: World Indoor Championships Heptathlon, Torun 2026
Sander Skotheim will not be in Toruń to defend his world indoor heptathlon title. The Norwegian’s withdrawal leaves Kyle Garland of the USA and Simon Ehammer of Switzerland to lead…
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…
The Rematch: European Indoors Heptathlon Preview, Apeldoorn 2025
THE REMATCH This time last year in Glasgow, three decathletes of Europe were locked in battle for the world heptathlon title. Simon Ehammer of Switzerland, Sander Skotheim of Norway and…
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: 14 November 2023
The changes to the top 100 decathlon and heptathlon world rankings on 14 November 2023 reflected the expiry of results from May 2022, most significantly Ratingen, Big 10, PAC 12,…
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: Heptathlon, European Indoors, Istanbul
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…