European Indoors 2021, Toruń: Review
In the first major championships since the start of the pandemic, the 24 best multieventers in Europe gathered to compete in Toruń in Poland at the European Indoor Championships. In…
Preview: Euro Indoors 2021 – The Masters v The Youngsters
Once upon a time, in a land far away, there was a boy called Kevin. He was only 19, and he and his friends had a wonderful time running, jumping…
Review: Frankfurt, Apeldoorn, Prague, Växjö and Linz, 13-14 February 2021
Another weekend, another multitude of multievent action. This weekend, the action included competitions in Linz (Austria), Växjö (Sweden), Prague (Czech Republic), Apeldoorn (Netherlands) and Frankfurt (Germany). LINZ Anticipation was focused…
Review: Tallinn Combined Events Meeting, Swiss and Serbian Championships
A world lead, 5 national records, 3 first-time 6000 point scores, copious pole vault no-heights and some huge shot putting. Three significant multi-events took place across Europe last weekend. The…
Preview: Tallinn and Magglingen Combined Events Meetings 2021
On the weekend of 8-9 August 2020, several decathlons took place across Europe. As Risto Lillemets was becoming the 19th Estonian to exceed 8000 points in Tallinn, 1500 miles away…
World Tour of Decathlon: 2020 in Review
We expected 2020 to be a race for decathletes to achieve the 8350 Olympic Qualifying mark, or to rank in the top 24 in the world. We expected a World…
2021 Decathlon Calendar
The Decathletes of Europe Decathlon 2021 Calendar is here! Thank you to all the photographers who provided permission to use their artwork: Ulf Schiller, Athletix.ch (Simon Ehammer) Nicolas Mennetrey (Axel…
Swiss Decathlon: The Rock Star, The Daredevil, The Bon Vivant, The Good Guy and The Champion
In July 2019, a few days ahead of the European Combined Events Super League competition in Lutsk, I shared a story celebrating (and if I’m honest, fangirling about) the return…
The 2020 January Ten
1 Welcome to 2020 and be sure to use your Decathletes of Europe Decathlon and Heptathlon calendars to help you plan your year. 2 One of the first competitions of…