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“Finally, someone who knows how to write about decathlon!” Combined events analyst/ writer ✍🏻 Gabby Pieraccini @smokymozzarella
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RANKINGS, RATINGEN AND US TRIALS PREVIEW
Month-by-month analysis of how the Olympic fields are shaping up, who’s vulnerable on rankings qualification, and who’s competing this weekend in Ratingen and Eugene and ready to pounce
First up, decathlon.
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When you’re competing in decathlon for two days, you’ve got to find ways to amuse yourself 😁
(Nicked shamelessly from Elliot’s IG )
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Great news for Keisuke
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Anna Hall has just run a 2:04 800m for a 2022 WL and 8 points short of the WC qualifier: 6412 😱
THAT’S how you respond when you’re the indoor world leader and your federation leaves you at home!!
📸 Arial Atias
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Scenes in Ratingen: decathlon long jump world record for Simon Ehammer🇨🇭- 8.30m!
@SwissAthletics
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ANNA HALL 5004 points🤩
8.04s
1.91m
13.80m
6.34m
2:05.70
Third athlete ever over 5000
Second all time
Superstar
#usatfindoors
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This week Swedish decathlete
@FxSamuelsson
🇸🇪 wrote to World and European Athletics about championship field sizes for combined events. He did so with the support of over 250 decathletes from over 40 countries.
@SvenskFriidrott
@_Erik_Karlsson
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Final heat of the hep 200m - we knew it would be a 22…and it’s a 22.88s for Anna Hall!
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Tayb Loum
Dislocated his shoulder during pole vault
Went to hospital (it’s right next door to stadium)
Came back and finished the decathlon
Scored EU20 qualification
Decathletes are made different
#Atletismo
Del hospital, al tartán. Lo que ha hecho hoy Tayb Loum Pascual en Arona es increíble. Ha sufrido una luxación de hombro durante la prueba de pértiga. De ahí, al hospital. Y del hospital, al tartán para acabar el decatlón y hacer mínima de cara el Europeo sub-20.
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Commonwealth champion, World 🥉 medallist, championship discus record, Honorary Canadian and 4:39 1500m runner.
Here he is - Grenada’s finest, Lindon Victor (and his hype man Manual Eitel! 🇩🇪)
#WorldAthleticsChamps
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Very cool stats by
@Decathlon2000
with the highest totals per group of events in decathlon: running, jumping and throwing events.
Double Z tops the jumping list after this weekend 💥
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Two Australians, one national record, one Oceania record, two PBs and two Olympic Qualifications.
📸
@trackpic
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REVIEW:EURO CHAMPS DECATHLON
#Munich2022
“If this were a game of chess, Ehammer had played an inspired set of moves to force his opponent into a corner.But Kaul’s final 2 manoeuvres were those of a grandmaster. Check in the javelin, checkmate in the 1500”
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I have just watched
@curtis_beach
do an entire decathlon in 10 minutes 45 seconds, and it is one of the most insane things I’ve ever seen 🤩😂
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Arthur Abele was the subject of my first ever blog about decathlon, when he won the European champs in Berlin in 2018
I set up
@DecathletesOfEu
so I had somewhere to capture the feats of Arthur and his competitors
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you Arthur ❤️
#Munich2022
The perfect send-off for a great champion. 🙏
Arthur Abele bids farewell to the decathlon at home in
#Munich2022
! 🥲
#BackToTheRoofs
(
@Euro_Champs
)
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MESSAGE FROM OLEKSIY KASYANOV 🇺🇦
Our friend, the great decathlete Oleksiy Kasyanov is looking for help from athletes, clubs, federations for Ukrainian athletes. His message is below: if you can help, contact him or 🇺🇦 Federation on Facebook/Insta.
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GB has its first 8000+ decathlete since Tim Duckworth.
Jack Turner’s score won’t count for PB purposes given it was, frankly, windy AF, but for comparison purposes only Daley Thompson, Dean Macey, Duckworth, Ashley Bryant, Alex Kruger and Daniel Awde have scored over 8000
🚨RECORD ALERT🚨
🥇 Jack Turner smashed the C-USA Outdoor meet record and improved his own UTSA standard in the decathlon with 8,011 points.
📊
#BirdsUp
🤙
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This almost never happens - Emma Oosterwegel and Ivona Dadic finish on exactly the same points - we have two winners at
#Decastar
!
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Keisuke goes again!
今週末行われるドイツ ラーティンゲンでの十種競技出場が決まりました。
ものすごいレベルの高い試合が想定されますが、出場ができることに感謝しています。これが本当の最後。
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Only Day 1 in Götzis but already we got an 8000 breakthrough 🥳
Very proud of this Instagram account - kept it niche, avoided clickbait and focused on creating a community for combined events athletes to celebrate and be celebrated.
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Adrianna Sulek 🇵🇱 on delivering the big score she told her mother she would do - 4702 in Tallinn - going much higher, and her big plans to break the World Indoor record 👀
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COMBINED EVENT FIELD SIZES: UPDATE
300 multieventers supported
@FxSamuelsson
call for bigger combined event field sizes. Now, discussions are starting with WA. No promises on outcome – but meaningful engagement is a great start. Read the full update ⬇️
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Anna Hall seizes the pentathlon World Lead
ANNA HALL MAKES FLORIDA HISTORY 🗣️
🔹First Pentathlon Champion in School History
🔹New School Record (4618)
🔹NCAA Leader
🔹Fastest 800m (Pentathlon) time in SEC Indoor
Championship History (2:05.33)
🔹Personal Record
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The Commonwealth champion Lindon Victor on trying every way to lose the meet, competing with his brother, and constantly swapping bibs with Cedric Dubler
#B2022Athletics
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#Multistars
heptathlon winner
@love_tbrooks
after her super win, with a PB of 6330 in her opening hep of the season - on to Götzis and US trials
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In 2019 Jose San Pastor was a shot putter who had thrown over 20m. In 2021 he broke the Spanish U20 decathlon NR and won World U20 decathlon
Jose is a dreamer, who found himself in the “best age group in history” and turned those dreams into reality ⬇️
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And we have a resolution
European Athletics have done the honorable thing and applied their position re exceptions/preferences fairly and - now - transparently
We should now have a field of 24 heptathletes at the European Champions in Rome.
Thanks to everyone for their support
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The Swedish 🇸🇪 and Austrian 🇦🇹 heptathletes penalised by French admin chaos are told by Euro Athletics “we cannot have preferences for specific athletes and federations”…
… as EA announces wildcard for Kevin Mayer and French Federation
Full story ⬇️
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Brilliant idea to have a points counter
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SHE FUCKING DID IT. AND SO DID NAFI
#EICH2023
#istanbul2023
Adrianna Sulek will cross the line before Thiam and when she does she will need to run 2:07.23 if she wants to break the WR, even if briefly. She’s run that fast before…outdoors (2:07.18). Her indoor best is 2:09.56.
#eich2023
#istanbul2023
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Final decathlon results.
Hope you enjoyed the commentary over the last two days - I’m going to lie down for a long time
#Roma2024
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Hall needs 2:02.22 to score 7000 points.
Her PB is 2:03.11.
It now comes down to a function of 3 things:
1- how much she wants to take this opportunity to achieve that milestone
2- how tired her legs are after 2 wearing days
3- what the Götzis crowd can do to take her there
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“I’m tired of being the guy that fades”
The spectacular, inspiring, gutsy silver medal-winning
@timmahduck
was kind enough to give me some of his time after the heptathlon concluded today at
@Glasgow2019
. Here’s what he said:
#glasgow2019
#decathletesofeurope
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This weekend, another opportunity for women to compete in decathlon (with the events in the correct order), with the support of the French federation too.
It comes just a few weeks before the US women’s decathlon champs in California, which I’ll be attending and covering.
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With no movement - or dialogue - on field sizes concerns raised by hundreds of combined eventers almost 2 years ago, there are a lot of very pissed decathletes and heptathletes today.
Still only 24, inflated Q standard, and a rankings system not fit for combined events’ purpose
The qualification system for athletics competition at the
@Paris2024
Olympic Games, to be held between 2-11 August 2024, has been published.
👇
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Reader, he threw 76m and he ran 4:10
#Munich2022
Simon Ehammer is on 7842.
If Ehammer runs 4:50 Kaul needs 4:13 and 72m jav
If he runs 4:42 Kaul needs 4:13 and 75m jav.
Kaul hasn’t thrown beyond 70m this year. There’s no Ayden Owens to chase for 4:13.
But there is a German crowd.
#munich2022
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What a 🌟!
@hollymills121
on her 4597 PB performance to finish second in Tallinn and move to 2nd in the world in 2022 so far 🤩
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OMG,
@Andreuu_02
only 39 points away from 8000 points!
What a weekend for Spanish decathletes!
Hey
@atletismoRFEA
, your combined eventers have had an amazing weekend! Let’s show them some love.
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Lindon over 8550 for first time, a second PB this year for Eitel on return from injury, Risto again just a handful from his PB this year and a super, super PB for Makenson Gletty
#decastar
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Here’s heptathlon goddess Natalya Dobrynska, Dobby herself, on the women who have finally taken down her world record ⬇️
#EICH2023
#Istanbul2023
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Dude, that jump onto the podium is just CRUEL after a multi 😂
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Every time World Athletics proposes that Gundersen be trialled in the decathlon 1500m, this is what they are putting at risk ⬇️
Sacrificing the soul of decathlon, for a convenient 30s TV clip.
Tell the story better. THIS is the story. It’s not hard.
India decathlete
@TejaswinShankar
thanks fellow decathletes for helping him qualify for
#AsianGames
at the
#InterStateAthleticsChampionships
🏃 in Bhubaneswar
#Athletics
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Big day on Decathletes of Europe Instagram as we reach 5000 followers! 🥳
Next target? 8000, of course 🤩
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The heptathlon and the decathlon get started tonight at the
#USATFOutdoors
.
So here is a little thread about how things might shake out in terms of qualification for the World championships next month.
Please settle in and make yourself comfortable.
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Decathlon world record holder
@mayer_deca
shares his view on field sizes for combined events at major championships, and his support for the work led by
@FxSamuelsson
on behalf of hundreds of combined eventers around the world ⬇️
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HERO
Did all of it on his own and continued after three fouls in the shot.
In his final heptathlon event, Andrew Murphy finishes the 1000m in 2:48.36 (783 pts).
Earlier in the day his 60m hurdles (8.45s - 872 pts) and pole vault (4.50m - 760pts) performances take him to 4559 pts overall for the weekend
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A little 🇫🇷 heptathlon
#Roma2024
nostalgia
In January 2020 I attended the X-Athletics event in Clermont Ferrand.
In the heptathlon field:
- Agathe Guillemot, competing in 1500m in Rome
- Louise Maraval, competing in 400h etc in Rome
- Auriana Lazraq, just a baby heptathlete
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SILVER MEDAL for
@conte_63
in a PB of 6186!
“In the javelin I was like ‘Come on Claudia!’ and after the third throw I was so relieved I almost threw up!”
Superb performance, building on her PB in Arona.
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FIELD SIZES TO BE INCREASED AT 2023 EURO INDOORS ISTANBUL: In response to
@FxSamuelsson
’s letter on field sizes, European Athletics have agreed to increase field sizes for combined events and field events at the Euro Indoors
in Istanbul in 2023 ⬇️
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Entry lists for combined event meeting in Arona on 4-5 June. Yours truly on livestream 🎤
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And, ladies and gentlemen, your newest Olympic qualifier, Thomas Van der Plaetsen 🇧🇪
8430!!! 🤩
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Kinda lost among the monster scores of Neugebauer and Garland, but don’t overlook how consistently
@austinwest_1
is up around 8000 points. With a PB just under 8200, he’s got plenty scope to potentially elevate himself into contention for major champs.
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British combined eventers have launched an online petition, expressing frustration at UKA’s treatment of their event, amidst continuing uncertainty about national champs for combined events.
Read the full story, including link to the petition ⬇️
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My latest for
@WorldAthletics
on Simon Ehammer🇨🇭⬇️
His breakthrough in 2020, a difficult 2021, the world medals so far in 2022 - and why he has no need to choose between long jump and decathlon.
@SwissAthletics
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Tyra deserves an answer. A proper one.
Nothing against any of the amazing women who made it in… but can someone please explain to me how I have the 7th best heptathlon score in the WORLD this year but because I did it at the SEC champs (which is undervalued by world athletics) I’m ranked 27th. Make it make sense 🙃
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CASSANDRE EVANS: DECATHLON IS FOR EVERYBODY
The most important voice in the case for women’s decathlon is the voice of young female decathletes. Here’s the story of how the 18-year old Belgian decathlon record holder is leading the way ⬇️
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WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONS HEPTATHLON AND PENTATHLON FIELDS 🏴
#wheregallusmeetsgreatness
#wicGlasgow2024
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A magnificent windmill across the line from
@annaahalll
- first time under 13 seconds and man she did it in style - she beats Nadine Visser’s Götzis MR with 12.75s! (+0.7)
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Well, that would save some time in a decathlon…
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And that’s the Decathletes of Europe 2021 Götzis live coverage over and out.
Review to follow!
But first, ein Bier in the sun ☀️
📸
@runoutofhell
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We have a new world leader! World championships qualifying score, first time over 8400, overtakes Mikk Pahapill for 6th on the Estonian all time list (via
@Decathlon2000
) and an outstanding comeback from 2 tough tough years.
@OiglaneJanek
is BACK!!
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Kaul 8545
Ehammer 8468 NR
Õiglane 8346
Nilsson 8327 PB
Uibo 8234
Dester 8218 NR
Skotheim 8211
Kazmirek 8151
Thiery 8057 PB 1st 8000+
Roosen 8021
ASH 8000
Pittomvils 7862
Samuelsson 7757
Roe 7754
Abele 7662
11 men >8000
All 15 with a story
#Munich2022
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A Scotsman, an Englishman and a Spaniard jump over a bar...
Full review of
@EnglandAthletic
CE champs heptathlon in Sheffield is now online!
Thanks to Morris Fox
@FotheringhamCM
for the pics
@scotathletics
@atletismoplayas
@markhookway
@kilbarchanaac
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Isabel Posch 🇦🇹 has just told me she is rebooking her flight to Rome - and delighted to have the chance to compete at her first major championships after a fantastic 12 months of improvement.
And we have a resolution
European Athletics have done the honorable thing and applied their position re exceptions/preferences fairly and - now - transparently
We should now have a field of 24 heptathletes at the European Champions in Rome.
Thanks to everyone for their support
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GÖTZIS PREVIEW ⬇️
Every athlete, every storyline: who’s qualified for Tokyo, who’s selected, who’s gunning for 8350/6420 qualification, who’s aiming for rankings points, and who are the new faces you’re going to be watching over the next decade 🤓
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If you’ve enjoyed iterations of lockdown decathlon, wait until you see this beauty from Simone Cairoli. Literally weeks in the making, and attention to detail is just...*chef’s kiss*
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When I wrote this feature with Niklas Kaul, I thought it would be about the future 2021 or 2023 World Champion. I didn’t think for a moment it would be about the 2019 World Champion. And neither did he
#decathlon
#Kaul
#WorldAthleticsChamps
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Tell me this isn’t the greatest discipline in track and field
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PREVIEW:EA CE CHAMPS Sheffield 🏴
“There’s…something in the air of late in UK combined events. An edge, a heightened confidence, a sense of grit. Athletes stepping up into international comps, holding their own and demonstrating their right to be there”
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Anna Hall ran 2:04...she gave it her all....but KJT ran a two second PB of 2:05.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson is, again, the world heptathlon champion
#worldathleticschamps
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The entry lists for the first World Athletics Combined Events challenge meeting of 2021 are out ⬇️
The event will be streamed on YouTube and full preview from me will be later this week (with links). I’ll be tweeting throughout the event with commentary and results, as usual.
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2011 Olympic decathlon silver medallist Andrei Krauchanka 🇧🇾 is auctioning his gold medal from the 2011 Paris Euro Indoors to raise funds for the families of political prisoners in Belarus.
Krauchanka was himself detained last year, for speaking out against the regime.
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Athletes sitting just outside the qualification for the hep and dec at the European Championships have asked for my help in sharing the following message - feel free to share further! ⬇️
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PREVIEW: WORLD U20s DECATHLON AND HEPTATHLON
#WorldAthleticsU20
As Ash Moloney and Niamh Emerson enjoy their final days as WU20 champions, there are 2 big names ready to step up: EU20 champions Jente Hauttekeete 🇧🇪 and Saga Vanninen 🇫🇮
Full preview ⬇️
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After a super year for British combined eventers in 2022, where Holly Mills, Jade O’Dowda, Harry Kendall and Lewis Church all made big strides forward, the combined events appear to have been dropped from the British champs in 2023.
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First, let’s celebrate Jose Fernando Ferreira Santana 🇧🇷 and Yuma Maruyama 🇯🇵
They qualified from designated places as area champs but they held their own brilliantly - close behind the athletes who qualified by rankings. PB for Yuma , and Jose Fernando just short of his 8k PB
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This weekend, the US women’s decathlon national championships will be taking place at Mt SAC, California.
Hot on the heels of the EU20s in Jerusalem, I’ll be doing the usual social media coverage, interviews, reviews etc.
Preview coming later today once coffee has been consumed
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Big, big score for Ayden Owens-Delerme at Mt SAC, annihilating his NR and finally joining former NCAA rivals Garland and Neugebauer over 8700
If anyone still thinks the Olympics is Warner v Mayer (if he Qs) then read up on LePage, Neugebauer, Garland and Owens-Delerme real quick
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Damian needs 781 points for 9000 points.
That’s 4:24.59.
His PB is 4:24.73.
Niklas Kaul the 🐰?
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GÖTZIS PREVIEW ⬇️
🔹Full preview of heptathlon and decathlon in Götzis this weekend
🔸Pre-competition thoughts from first-timers
@hunter_price4
and Joe Delgado
🔹And read Damian Warner’s strategy for getting closer to 9127
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WORLD CHAMPS HEPTATHLON AND DECATHLON FIELDS 🇭🇺
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Entry lists for the first stop on the European combined events circuit: Multistars in Grosseto at the end of April.
So much to tell you about these line ups…look out for the
@DecathletesOfEu
preview nearer the time 🤩
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I can think of 9000 reasons…
On Monday, decathlete Damian Warner was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame. Among other reasons, here's why:
✅2020 Olympic Gold Medalist
✅2021 Canadian Athlete of the Year
✅Olympic decathlon record holder
Well deserved, we guess.
Photo:
@DamianWarner
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If you thought the first 8000 score of the year would be a gentle 8100, Leo has other ideas with 8708
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PB for TIm Duckworth in the shot this weekend, 13.84. Exceeds both his indoor and outdoor bests, which both date from his last NCAA season in 2018.
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Germans currently first and third overnight in the NCAA decathlon. Garland’s modest HJ has given Neugebauer the opportunity to track him closely, so all to play for in Day 2.
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And it’s 8029! First time over 8000 for Simon Ehammer, second in the world behind Taavi Tšernjavski, and the first Swiss man over 8000 since 2003.
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The Decathletes of Europe Decathlon 2022 calendar is here!
The cover star is Euro Indoor 🥉medal list Paweł Wiesiolek, after setting a PB in his 5th decathlon in 2 months and finally, finally qualifying for the Olympic Games 🇵🇱
The cover photo is by Marta Gorczynska.
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