The bet that brought India's high jump star Shankar to combined events“We made a bet,” recalls 2022 Commonwealth Games high jump bronze medallist Tejaswin ‘TJ’ Shankar about attempting his first decathlon. “It only took me five years to fulfil that bet.” When Shankar entered into the 10-event wager with his Kansas… Mar 27 23March 27, 2023Article at worldathletics.org
Ehammer: "I'm a decathlete – it's my passion"Swiss decathlete Simon Ehammer competes in the long jump at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 (© AFP / Getty Images) On his way to heptathlon silver at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade in March, Swiss decathlete Simon… Aug 14 22August 14, 2022Article at worldathletics.org
Being student of the sport is key to Williams conquering combined eventsIn 2014, 19-year-old college heptathlete Kendell Williams won gold in the 100m hurdles at the World U20 Championships at Hayward Field. Eight years later, her eye is again on the honour roll at Hayward Field, this time at the World Athletics… Mar 11 22March 11, 2022Article at worldathletics.org
Little goals, big resultsAnouk Vetter in action at the World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 (© Christel Saneh) When 2016 European heptathlon champion Anouk Vetter took to the long jump runway at the Dutch indoor championships in February this year, she was unusually… Dec 18 21December 18, 2021Article at worldathletics.org
Achieving things the hard wayJanek Oiglane in the decathlon discus at the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 (© Getty Images) Two years ago, behind the decathlon medal-winning trio of Kevin Mayer, Rico Freimuth and Kai Kazmirek at the World Championships in London, a… Dec 18 21December 18, 2021Article at worldathletics.org
Axel Hubert: me versus meIt was June 2020 in Bernay, Normandy, and French decathlete Axel Hubert was preparing for a very unusual decathlon. With strict Covid restrictions in place, competitions were hard to find and so Hubert decided to organise his own event. It proved to… Nov 02 21November 02, 2021Article at worldathletics.org
Hauttekeete and the unexpected world recordWhen 18-year-old Jente Hauttekeete lined up for a low-key heptathlon in Frankfurt on 13 February, his goal was simply to get close to the Belgian U20 record. Instead, he stole the show, collected the national U20 record, and with a score of 6062… Jun 01 21June 01, 2021Article at worldathletics.org
Samuelsson: "I want to give my 'Yellow Wall' a show to enjoy"The stage is Gotzis, on a sun-drenched Sunday afternoon in the last weekend of May. The throb of dance music reverberates around the Mosle-Stadion. Hands are clapping, voices are whooping, and all eyes are on the pole vault beds at the south end of… May 24 21May 24, 2021Article at worldathletics.org
Thompson and Hingsen: how the kings of athletics shaped the decathlonAhead of the 1982 European Athletics Championships in Athens, the decathlon world record-holder Jürgen Hingsen shared his thoughts on the upcoming competition. “Daley and I are the kings of athletics,” he said. “But the media don’t give us the space… Sep 02 20September 02, 2020Article at european-athletics.com
Kate O’Connor: “Being world class in every event is one of my goals”“I want to be world class in every event” is quite an ambition for a young heptathlete. But for Kate O’Connor, the first Irishwoman to score over 6000 points in the heptathlon, she is well on her way to achieving that goal. O'Connor won silver in the… Jul 24 20July 24, 2020Article at european-athletics.com
Helcelet: the decathlon’s international man of historyWe resume our Area in Focus series today by turning our attention to Europe and its athletes over the next five days. First up, a feature on Czech decathlon star Adam Sebastian Helcelet. ~ “When I was a kid,” Adam Sebastian Helcelet recalls, “Czech… Jul 02 20July 02, 2020Article at worldathletics.org
Chefer - Brazil's first girl on the first dayOn the first day of the athletics programme at the 2016 Olympic Games, the first event was the heptathlon. The first discipline was, of course, the 100m hurdles. And the first lane on the track in the Estádio Olimpico in Rio de Janeiro was occupied… Jun 12 20June 12, 2020Article at worldathletics.org
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It’s… Garrett ScantlingGarrett Scantling in the decathlon discus at the 2016 US Olympic Trials (© Getty Images) As the athletics world took its first few tentative steps into 2020, the 2019 World Championships decathlon seemed a world away. Personal bests set under the… May 13 20May 13, 2020Article at worldathletics.org
"Be A Decathlete of Life": Track and Field - Beyond Technique TrainingToday marks a milestone after years of blood, sweat and tears as Decathlonpedia’s own Reinis Krēgers publishes his first book: Track and Field: Beyond Technique Training - How to Challenge Genetic Potential by Changing the Mindset. While the work to… Aug 15 19August 15, 2019Article at Decathlonpedia
Kaul’s journey: ‘Once you’re doing decathlon, you don’t want to do anything else’This time last year Niklas Kaul received an unexpected phone call. It was a call that, a week later, resulted in him competing in his first major international championship decathlon at the senior level. World bronze medallist Kai Kazmirek was… Aug 01 19August 01, 2019Article at worldathletics.org
