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Carolin Schafer in the heptathlon 100m hurdles in Ratingen

Chari Hawkins in the heptathlon 200m in Arona

Damian Warner in the decathlon discus in Gotzis

Ondrej Kopecky set a meeting record to win the decathlon at the Wiesław Czapiewski Memorial this weekend (26-27), while Adrianna Sulek-Schubert completed a hat-trick of heptathlon wins at the World Athletics Combined Events Tour Gold event in the Polish town of Naklo nad Notecia.
Czechia&rsquo;s Kopecky scored 8254 points to triumph ahead of his compatriot Vilem Strasky, who set a PB of 8136. Estonia&rsquo;s Risto Lillemets finished third on 8107.
Poland&rsquo;s Sulek-Schubert &ndash; who was coached by the late Wieslaw Czapiewski, in whose honour the meeting is held &ndash; followed her victories in 2022 and 2024 by scoring 6287 points to triumph for a third time. That score missed her own meeting record by just three points and secured her the title by 38 points ahead of Germany&rsquo;s Vanessa Grimm. Austria&rsquo;s Verena Mayr was third on 6159.
Dutch athlete Sven Jansons took the early lead in the decathlon, topping the 100m in 10.64 and leaping 7.35m in a long jump won by India&rsquo;s Tejaswin Shankar (7.57m). Kopecky clocked 11.14 before leaping 7.36m.
Kopecky moved from sixth to fourth after three events, throwing 14.35m in a shot put contest won by Rafał Horbowicz (15.55m). Finley Gaio took overall top spot at that point, ahead of Strasky, Jansons and Kopecky.
Shankar soared into the lead after the high jump, clearing 2.18m for a mark 15 centimetres higher than any of his rivals could manage. Kopecky cleared 1.91m and remained in fourth place overall.
Shankar held on to the lead overnight, finishing the first day with 4292 points &ndash; 155 ahead of runner-up Strasky &ndash; after clocking 48.87 in the 400m. Max Attwell went quickest overall with a PB of 47.50, while Kopecky clocked 49.34 and ended the day placed sixth (4048).
Strasky and Kopecky secured the strongest start to day two, respectively clocking 14.13 and 14.14 in the 110m hurdles.
For Kopecky, it was the discus that made the difference. With a PB of 49.10m, he hurled himself into the overall lead with a performance more than two metres farther than the rest of the field. Lillemets (46.90m), Gaio (45.56m) and Jansons (42.35m) also threw PBs and Gaio moved into second place overall &ndash; 5857 to 5826.
Kopecky maintained the momentum with a clearance of 5.10m to top the pole vault. Strasky was next best with 4.90m and moved into second place ahead of Lillemets.
Those positions would remain through to the end of the contest, Kopecky extending his lead to 165 points after the javelin (58.66m), which was topped by Lillemets (60.35m).
Attwell achieved another PB to win the 1500m (4:17.85), but Kopecky&rsquo;s 4:30.95 was enough to clinch him overall victory ahead of Strasky (4:23.97) and Lillemets (4:27.90).
Shankar finished fourth with a PB of 7826, while Attwell finished fifth with 7822 &ndash; also a PB.
Sulek-Schubert opened her heptathlon campaign with the fastest 100m hurdles of the day, 13.38. She then cleared 1.77m in the high jump, a height also managed by Grimm and Bianca Salming.
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Adrianna Sulek-Schubert at the Czapiewski Memorial (&copy; Organisers)
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Grimm topped the shot put with a heave of 14.91m while Sulek-Schubert managed 13.98m, and that put Grimm 24 points ahead after three events &ndash; 2826 to 2802.
But Sulek-Schubert regained the lead after winning the 200m in 24.00, the 2022 world indoor silver medallist ending the first day in top spot with 3783 points &ndash; 47 ahead of Grimm.
Sulek-Schubert maintained her lead on day two, starting Sunday with the farthest long jump mark of 6.22m and following that with a 38.50m throw &ndash; a mark that put her ninth in the javelin standings but saw her hold on to the overall top spot by 14 points ahead of Grimm (42.85m) with one event to go. Salming topped the javelin with 49.90m, while Mayr managed a PB of 44.13m.
It all came down to the 800m, won by Sophia Mulder in a PB of 2:08.58. Mayr was second in the race in 2:09.28 and Sulek-Schubert crossed the finish line third in 2:11.22 to triumph overall &ndash; holding off Grimm who ran 2:12.84.
Paulina Ligarska, who recently beat Sulek-Schubert to the Polish title, finished fourth on 6137 and Mulder was fifth on 5865.
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Ondrej Kopecky set a meeting record to win the decathlon at the Wiesław Czapiewski Memorial, while Adrianna Sulek-Schubert completed a hat-trick of heptathlon wins

Kopecky breaks meeting record, Sulek-Schubert retains title in Naklo nad Notecia

Adrianna Sulek-Schubert will defend her heptathlon title at the Czapiewski Memorial this weekend (26-27), but the 2022 world indoor silver medallist may not have it all her own way at the World Athletics Combined Events Tour Gold meeting in the Polish town of Naklo nad Notecia.
She&rsquo;ll be up against compatriot Paulina Ligarska, who recently beat Sulek-Schubert to the Polish title, as well as 2019 world bronze medallist Verena Mayr and Germany&rsquo;s Vanessa Grimm.
Sulek-Schubert &ndash; who was coached by the late Wieslaw Czapiewski, in whose honour the meeting is held &ndash; has twice won at this meeting. She set a meeting record of 6290 at the inaugural edition in 2022, then returned last year to win with 6007.
The 2022 European silver medallist, who has the best PB (6672) of the heptathlon field this weekend, didn&rsquo;t finish the heptathlon in G&ouml;tzis earlier this year, but she scored 6071 to finish second to Ligarska at the Polish Championships last month.
Ligarska scored 6189 on that occasion, just 52 points shy of her PB. More recently, she placed fifth in Arona with 5972, and she currently sits third in the Combined Events Tour standings.
Austria&rsquo;s 2019 world bronze medallist Verena Mayr will also be in contention. A 6591 performer at her best, she recently finished seventh in Talence with 6083.
Vanessa Grimm finished two places ahead of Mayr on that occasion, scoring a season&rsquo;s best of 6195. If the German is able to reproduce that this weekend, it could be enough to win.
Australia&rsquo;s Tori West and Ukraine&rsquo;s Daryna Sloboda are also ones to watch, as are Swedish duo Lovisa Karlsson and Bianca Salming.
Like Sulek-Schubert, Ondrej Kopecky will be looking for another victory this weekend. This meeting holds fond memories for the 27-year-old as it&rsquo;s where he first broke 8000 points, scoring 8041 with his victory in 2022. Just three weeks later, he went on to improve his PB to 8310.
He didn&rsquo;t finish any of his decathlons last year, but he recently won the Czech title with 8057.
Antoine Ferranti heads to Naklo nad Notecia with the highest season&rsquo;s best of the decathlon field. The 22-year-old started the year with a PB of 7757, which he bettered in Brescia in April with 7885. He then won in Arona last month with a big PB of 8221 and last weekend took bronze at the European U23 Championships in Bergen with 8032.
Provided he has recovered sufficiently from his last two decathlons, Ferranti will start as one of the favourites this weekend.
Estonian duo Kristjan Rosenberg and Risto Lillemets are also ones to watch. Lillemets, the 2023 European indoor bronze medallist, recently placed sixth in Talence with 8020. Rosenberg hasn&rsquo;t contested a decathlon so far this year, but boasts a PB of 8299.
Pawel Wiesiolek has the best PB of the field with 8333, but the last time the 33-year-old bettered 8000 points was at the 2021 Olympics, where he finished 12th. Nevertheless, the Pole will have the support of the home crowd.
Vilem Strasky and Malik Diakite, who finished second and third behind Ferranti in Arona last month, will also be in contention, as will Switzerland&rsquo;s Finley Gaio.
<h3>Leading entries</h3>
Women&rsquo;s heptathlon Adrianna Sulek-Schubert (POL) 6672 Verena Mayr (AUT) 6591 Vanessa Grimm (GER) 6323 Tori West (AUS) 6245 Paulina Ligarska (POL) 6241 Daryna Sloboda (UKR) 6208 Bianca Salming (SWE) 6185 Lovisa Karlsson (SWE) 6146
Men&rsquo;s decathlon Pawel Wiesiolek (POL) 8333 Ondrej Kopecky (CZE) 8310 Kristjan Rosenberg (EST) 8299 Antoine Ferranti (FRA) 8221 Risto Lillemets (EST) 8156 Vilem Strasky (CZE) 8088 Malik Diakite (GER) 8051 Finley Gaio (SUI) 8022

Adrianna Sulek-Schubert will defend her heptathlon title at the Czapiewski Memorial this weekend

Sulek-Schubert targets third win at Czapiewski Memorial

Puerto Rico&rsquo;s Ayden Owens-Delerme won the decathlon on his Decastar debut, while Colombia&rsquo;s Martha Araujo clinched her second consecutive heptathlon crown at the World Athletics Combined Events Tour Gold meeting in Talence on Saturday and Sunday (5-6).
Owens-Delerme scored 8478 to triumph by 242 points ahead of defending champion Johannes Erm of Estonia, while Araujo retained her title ahead of USA&rsquo;s Taliyah Brooks and Michelle Atherley by scoring 6451.
Owens-Delerme took an early lead in the decathlon with a 10.48 run in the 100m, but Kendrick Thompson of The Bahamas moved into top spot after the long jump, leaping 7.70m to Owens-Delerme&rsquo;s 7.44m.
The Puerto Rican regained pole position thanks to a 16.13m heave in the shot put, but again it was short-lived as France&rsquo;s Teo Bastien jumped to the top of the standings after clearing 2.06m in the high jump.
Owens-Delerme ran a meeting record of 46.43 in the 400m to finish the day with a leading tally of 4469 and that was a position that he wouldn&rsquo;t relinquish. Thompson covered a lap of the track in 48.56 to move into second place, while Erm&rsquo;s 48.13 was one of the fastest of the day and the Estonian sat in fourth place overnight behind Bastien.
Owens-Delerme picked up from where he left off, winning the first event of day two &ndash; the 110m hurdles &ndash; in 13.72. Thompson clocked 14.19 and Bastien 14.26 and that meant they held on to their podium positions after six events, remaining ahead of Erm and Belgium&rsquo;s Jente Hauttekeete, who were separated by just two points at that stage.
Estonia&rsquo;s Rasmus Roosleht left it late but after two fouls he managed 47.77m from his third and final attempt in the discus to top that event and move into fifth place overall behind Owens-Delerme (44.38m), Bastien (43.58m), Erm (46.02m) and Thompson (39.98m).
Hauttekeete was in sixth place and Germany&rsquo;s 2019 world champion Niklas Kaul was seventh, but that would prove to be the final event for Kaul as he did not return for the pole vault, javelin or 1500m.
Erm, Hauttekeete, Bastien and Estonia&rsquo;s Risto Lillemets all managed 4.93m in the pole vault but Owens-Delerme held on to top spot after clearing 4.73m &ndash; 178 points ahead with two events to go.
Thompson was the sole athlete to surpass 60 metres in the javelin, throwing 61.44m, and that moved him back up to fourth overall behind leader Owens-Delerme, who managed 55.50m in the wet conditions, plus Bastien (55.84m) and Erm (53.53m).
Owens-Delerme closed his campaign with one final win, clocking 4:29.78 in the 1500m, to take him to a tally of 8478. Erm ran 4:32.45, contributing to his 8236 points for second place, while Thompson&rsquo;s 4:39.73 moved him up one more place and on to the podium with a final score of 8177.
Hauttekeete (8123), Bastien (8102) and Lillemets (8020) also broke the 8000-point barrier, Bastien doing so for the first time to improve on his previous PB of 7976 from 2023.
The women&rsquo;s heptathlon got off to a strong start with Atherley equalling the meeting record of 12.88 in the 100m hurdles. Her US compatriot Brooks was marginally behind in 12.91, with Araujo also breaking 13 seconds (12.97).
World U20 champion Jana Koscak moved up the standings after the high jump with her 1.82m leap being the best of the day, but a 1.79m clearance from Brooks kept the world indoor bronze medallist in the lead. Araujo and Atherley were third and fourth overall, within touching distance of Koscak.
Koscak took a brief lead after the shot put, thanks to the Croatian&rsquo;s throw of 13.91m. Brooks threw 13.39m and held on to second place overall, ahead of Araujo (13.55m). Austria&rsquo;s 2019 world bronze medallist Verena Mayr (14.70m) and Germany&rsquo;s Vanessa Grimm (15.03m) were among the leading performers in the shot put and they moved into fourth and fifth overall.
Brooks regained her lead in the final discipline of the first day, the 200m, running a solid 23.87 to bring her leading tally to 3850. Araujo ended with 24.11, giving her a score of 3791 &ndash; slightly ahead of her pace from G&ouml;tzis, where she set her recent South American record of 6475 to finish third. Koscak&rsquo;s 24.94 kept her in contention, while Lithuania&rsquo;s Beatrice Juskeviciute (23.64) and Atherley (23.66) made up some ground.
Brooks and Araujo were separated by just seven centimetres when the action resumed on day two with the long jump &ndash; Brooks leaping 6.33m and Araujo 6.40m. With Koscak managing 6.10m, there was no change to the top three overall.
As expected, Araujo showed her strength in the javelin and she soared into the lead with a throw of 49.44m. That put her 142 points ahead of Brooks (40.14m) with one event to go, while Juskeviciute moved up to third overall thanks to her 47.20m throw and she sat just eight points ahead of Koscak (43.10m) &ndash; 5373 to 5365.
Atherley topped the final event &ndash; the 800m &ndash; by running 2:06.68 and that pushed her on to the podium with 6283 points. Brooks and Araujo respectively ran 2:15.02 and 2:19.09, and that was enough for them to clinch the top two spots &ndash; Araujo successfully defending her title with 6451 points, the second-best tally of her career, and Brooks scoring 6365, also her second highest ever performance. Juskeviciute finished fourth with 6271.
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Puerto Rico’s Ayden Owens-Delerme won the decathlon on his Decastar debut, while Colombia’s Martha Araujo clinched her second consecutive heptathlon crown

Owens-Delerme wins decathlon, Araujo retains heptathlon title in Talence

Estonia&rsquo;s Johannes Erm and Colombia&rsquo;s Martha Araujo, winners of Decastar last year, will be up against quality opposition when they defend their titles at the World Athletics Combined Events Tour Gold meeting in Talence this weekend (5-6).
Erm won the decathlon in Talence last year with 8589, capping a memorable season that also included European gold, with a PB of 8764, and a sixth-place finish at the Olympic Games. He has carried that momentum through to 2025, earning world indoor silver with a national heptathlon record of 6437.
The 27-year-old has contested just one outdoor competition so far this year, a three-discipline &lsquo;triathlon&rsquo; at the Bislett Games in Oslo, where he clocked 14.54 in the 110m hurdles, long jumped 7.09m and threw 56.29m in the javelin.
He&rsquo;ll be up against several men who have already put down a strong decathlon marker this season.
Niklas Kaul is one of those. The German finished equal third in G&ouml;tzis five weeks ago with 8575, the second-best score of his career behind the 8691 PB he set when winning the 2019 world title.
Puerto Rico&rsquo;s Ayden Owens-Delerme finished a few positions behind Kaul in G&ouml;tzis, placing seventh with a season&rsquo;s best of 8486. The 25-year-old, whose PB of 8732 was set last year, will be chasing the World Championships qualifying standard of 8550 with a view to making it to Tokyo in September and improving on the fourth-place finish he achieved at the 2022 World Championships.
Karel Tilga also knows what it&rsquo;s like to finish just outside of the medals at a World Championships; the Estonian placed fourth in Budapest two years ago, setting a PB of 8681. More recently he placed ninth in G&ouml;tzis with a season&rsquo;s best of 8405, making him the top performing Estonian this year.
Several others in the field &ndash; including Germany&rsquo;s Tim Nowak, Belgium&rsquo;s Jente Hauttekeete and Estonian duo Rasmus Roosleht and Niels Pittomvils &ndash; will be chasing either the World Championships qualifying standard or world ranking points.
The same is true of most of the contender in the women&rsquo;s heptathlon.
Defending Decastar champion Araujo has enjoyed a strong season so far, winning the South American title with 6396 and then finishing third in G&ouml;tzis with 6475 &ndash; a 46-point improvement on the continental record she set in Talence last year.
The 29-year-old, who finished seventh at the Olympics last year, is now looking for a further 25-point improvement so that she can secure the World Championships qualifying standard.
She&rsquo;ll be pushed all the way by US duo Michelle Atherley and Taliyah Brooks, both of whom should contend for victory this weekend.
Atherley, the overall winner of the World Athletics Combined Events Tour last year, recently finished fourth in G&ouml;tzis with 6425, just 40 points shy of her PB. After finishing third in Talence last year, she&rsquo;s targeting a higher place on the podium this time.
Brooks, who represented the USA at the 2023 World Championships and 2024 Olympics, took world indoor bronze earlier this year. Having posted some strong individual marks outdoors, she&rsquo;ll be keen to improve on her PB of 6408 in what will be her first heptathlon of 2025.
Austria&rsquo;s also Verena Mayr returns to Talence. The 30-year-old has the best PB of the field (6591), though that was set back in 2019, the year in which she earned world bronze.
Germany&rsquo;s Vanessa Grimm, who placed fourth at this year&rsquo;s World Indoor Championships, and world U20 champion Jana Koscak of the Czech Republic are among the other podium contenders.
<h3>Leading entries</h3>
Women&rsquo;s heptathlon Verena Mayr (AUT) 6591 Martha Araujo (COL) 6475 Michelle Atherley (USA) 6465 Taliyah Brooks (USA) 6408 Vanessa Grimm (GER) 6323 Jana Koscak (CRO) 6293 Tori West (AUS) 6245 Esther Conde-Turpin (FRA) 6230 Sarah Lagger (AUT) 6225 Beatrice Juskeviciute (LTU) 6192
Men&rsquo;s decathlon Johannes Erm (EST) 8764 Ayden Owens-Delerme (PUR) 8732 Niklas Kaul (GER) 8691 Karel Tilga (EST) 8681 Tim Nowak (GER) 8282 Jente Hauttekeete (BEL) 8268 Rasmus Roosleht (EST) 8241 Niels Pittomvils (EST) 8222 Kendrick Thompson (BAH) 8182 Risto Lillemets (EST) 8156

Estonia’s Johannes Erm and Colombia’s Martha Araujo, winners of Decastar last year, will be up against quality opposition when they defend their titles at the World Athletics Combined Events Tour Gold meeting in Talence this weekend (5-6).

Defending champions Erm and Araujo face tough opposition in Talence

With respective scores of 8221 and 6061 points, France&rsquo;s Antoine Ferranti and Sweden&rsquo;s Lovisa Karlsson were the winners at the International Meeting of Arona &ndash; the second Gold leg of the World Athletics Combined Events Tour &ndash; in Tenerife this weekend (21-22).
The 25-year-old Karlsson took the lead at the start of the second day and led a trio of 6000-point-plus athletes in the heptathlon, while the 22-year-old Ferranti improved his previous PB by a huge margin to break the 8000-point barrier for the first time in the decathlon.
The men's opening events were dominated by Spain's Tayb David Loum and Switzerland's Finley Gaio. The 21-year-old Spaniard won the 100m in 10.65 to Gaio's 10.72, but the Swiss athlete took the lead after the second event thanks to a 7.51m leap in the long jump to Loum's 7.41m, with Germany's defending champion Malik Diakite sandwiched between them after a 7.42m effort. By then, Gaio led with 1861 points and had an eight-point advantage on Loum.
The morning session closed with a local win by Bruno Com&iacute;n in the shot put with a 14.92m toss, just one centimetre farther than Venezuela's Gerson Izaguirre, while Gaio managed to keep his overall lead after finishing fifth with 14.04m.
The afternoon session opened with a quality high jump contest, the victory going to Spain's Pablo Martinez thanks to a third-time 2.12m clearance, while Ferranti set a lifetime best of 2.09m to take the overall top spot with 3327 points to Loum's 3285 and Gaio's 3262. The 400m proved to be a close fight between Spain's Pablo G&aacute;mez and Gaio, the Spaniard prevailing by the narrowest of margins, 48.07 to 48.08.
At the end of day one, Ferranti was at the helm on 4200 points, 33 points ahead of Gaio. Loum was third (4152), while Vilem Strasky of Czechia achieved a balanced day to stay in fourth (4123).
On the second day, Izaguirre &ndash; eighth overall &ndash; was the fastest in the 110m hurdles with 14.00 ahead of Spain&rsquo;s Jorge Ure&ntilde;a, who set a career best of 14.12, while Ferranti placed fifth despite setting a PB of 14.51. That was still enough for him to keep the overall top spot by two points on Gaio.
Izaguirre also struck in the discus thanks to a 46.89m PB, while Gaio regained a narrow lead as he scored 20 points more than Ferranti following their respective throws of 41.32m and 40.33m. But the French athlete bounced back strongly in the pole vault, being the only athlete over 5.00m, a career best, with Gaio managing a best of 4.40m to lose the top spot.
Ferranti had a score of 6691 to lead by 149 points with two events remaining, while Izaguirre moved into second place following a 4.60m clearance.
The javelin was topped by Diakite thanks to a 66.20m throw and Ferranti strengthened his overall lead on Izaguirre &ndash; 58.82m to 57.36m &ndash; to virtually secure his overall victory before the 1500m, one of his strongest events. In the end, the French athlete won in 4:20.25 to become the only athlete to exceed the 8000-point barrier. Strasky finished runner-up with 7972 and last year&rsquo;s victor Diakite was third (7889).
<h2>Marsh dominates on day one but Karlsson prevails</h2>
USA's Erin Marsh lived up to expectation in the opening 100m hurdles as she took a convincing win in 13.28, while both New Zealand&rsquo;s Briana Stephenson and Karlsson clocked 13.40, just 0.01 ahead of Portugal's Mariana Bento with a PB. The main favourite, Poland's Paulina Ligarska, had to settle for a 13.95 clocking and was 98 points down on Marsh at that stage.
The high jump witnessed a win by another US athlete, Lexie Keller, who was the sole athlete over 1.75m. That was three centimetres higher than Ligarska and Stephenson, among others, with Marsh and Karlsson managing 1.69m.
The afternoon session opened with a win by France's defending champion Elisa Pineau in the shot put thanks to a 14.38m heave from her opening and only valid attempt. USA&rsquo;s Shaina Burns also surpassed the 14-metre mark thanks to a 14.17m final effort. Saturday's closing 200m was taken by Finland's Vilma Italinna in 23.98, closely followed by Marsh (24.02) and with Stephenson a further 0.15 adrift.
Marsh led at the end of day one thanks to a 3659 tally &ndash; a generous margin of 105 points on Karlsson, who was 10 points clear of Keller. Ligarska was another three points behind (3541).
On day two, Karlsson leapt 6.45m to top the long jump ahead of Briton Thea Brown, who set a PB of 6.36m. Marsh could not exceed 6.06m and was overtaken by the Swedish athlete by 18 points.
Pineau managed her second individual win in the discus with a 44.03m effort, while Karlsson extended her overall lead as she threw 39.38m to Marsh&rsquo;s 35.90m to face the closing 800m some 84 points clear of Marsh, 5200 and 5114 their respective scores. Keller was another 11 points adrift.
The final event featured a win for Ligarska but her 2:12.43 was not enough to assault the leading places, while Karlsson&rsquo;s sixth place in 2:17.26 was enough to capture the overall victory. Her 6061 points saw her finish 22 points ahead of Marsh, who was 13 clear of Keller.
Emeterio Valiente for World Athletics
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France’s Antoine Ferranti and Sweden’s Lovisa Karlsson were the winners at the International Meeting of Arona

Ferranti and Karlsson triumphant in Arona

Defending champions Elisa Pineau and Malik Diakite take on a closely-matched field in Arona, Tenerife, this weekend (21-22) for the second Gold level meeting on the 2025 World Athletics Combined Events Tour.
Paulina Ligarska heads to Arona fresh from winning the Polish title in Warsaw earlier this month with 6189, just 52 points off her PB from 2022. This year she has set PBs at 200m (24.37), 800m (2:09.76) and long jump (6.15m indoors).
Pan-American champion Erin Marsh could be the Pole&rsquo;s toughest opponent. The US heptathlete added 140 points to her PB in G&ouml;tzis a few weeks ago with a score of 6171, a series that included PBs of 12.93 in the 100m hurdles and 23.60 in the 200m.
Lovisa Karlsson is the only other heptathlon entrant to have bettered 6000 points this season, having scored 6026 in G&ouml;tzis. She set her PB of 6146 at last year's Europeans Championships in Rome where the 25-year-old finished 10th.
Austria's 2018 world indoor silver medallist Ivona Dadic is also one to watch. Her PB of 6552, which is the best of the Arona field, dates back to 2018, while her best score last year was 6115.
France&rsquo;s Elisa Pineau, the winner in Arona last year with 6020, will defend her title. She didn&rsquo;t complete her heptathlon in Brescia in April, but she managed a shot put PB of 14.90m there. &nbsp;
Ashtin Zamzow-Mahler, who has a PB of 6291 and finished 11th at the 2022 World Championships, and US compatriot Shaina Burns, a 6130 performer, will also be looking to complete their first heptathlon of the year.
Vilem Strasky&rsquo;s busy season continues in the decathlon; in fact, Sunday&rsquo;s contest will be his third decathlon of the month, having scored 7918 in G&ouml;tzis and 7964 last weekend at the Czech Championships. The 25-year-old, who placed fifth at the World Indoor Championships earlier this year, will be aiming to get close to his PB of 8088 from last year.
Local hopes rest with 2019 European indoor champion Jorge Ure&ntilde;a. The 31-year-old, who&rsquo;ll be making his outdoor season debut, has the best PB of the field (8381).
Malik Diakite, the winner in Arona last year, is back again and looking to make amends after failing to finish his last decathlon in Papenburg last month. German compatriot Marcel Meyer, an 8190 performer, is also set to compete, as is Switzerland&rsquo;s Finley Gaio, looking to improve on his 7917 outing in G&ouml;tzis a few weeks ago.
Sweden&rsquo;s Marcus Nilsson, the victor here in 2022, recently completed his first decathlon in almost three years, scoring 7674 in Brescia in April and is now hoping to build on that in Arona. The 34-year-old is an 8327 performer at his best.
Weather forecasters predict a mild and sunny weekend with pleasant temperatures ranging between 20-23C.
Emeterio Valiente for World Athletics

Defending champions Elisa Pineau and Malik Diakite take on a closely-matched field in Arona, Tenerife, this weekend (21-22) for the second Gold level meeting on the 2025 World Athletics Combined Events Tour.

Competitive combined events clashes confirmed for Arona

Anna Hall moved up to equal second on the world all-time list when winning the heptathlon at the Hypo Meeting with a meeting record of 7032 on Sunday (1). Meanwhile, world indoor champion Sander Skotheim continued his remarkable 2025 campaign by winning the decathlon at the World Athletics Combined Events Tour Gold meeting in G&ouml;tzis with 8909.
Hall jumped into the lead after the second heptathlon discipline and maintained it to the end, setting PBs in the high jump, shot put, javelin and 800m en route to her winning score. She finished 456 points ahead of Sofie Dokter of the Netherlands, who took second place with a PB of 6576 while Colombia&rsquo;s Martha Araujo set a South American record of 6475 in third.
Skotheim put together a similarly stunning series across the two days of competition to smash his PB and reclaim the Norwegian record from Olympic champion Markus Rooth, setting PBs in the 100m and discus. He now sits at equal seventh on the world all-time list with his score here, which gave him victory ahead of USA's Kyle Garland (8626) and Switzerland's Simon Ehammer and Niklas Kaul (8575).
<h2>Hall back on top</h2>
US duo Erin Marsh and Michelle Atherley were the fastest in the opening discipline of the heptathlon, both clocking 12.93 to win their respective heats of the 100m hurdles. Two other women &ndash; Abigail Pawlett (12.94) and Sienna MacDonald (12.97) &ndash; finished inside 13 seconds.
Somewhat surprisingly, Annik Kalin wasn&rsquo;t one of the four women to better 13 seconds, but her 13.03 clocking was still one of her fastest to date. Similarly, Hall&rsquo;s 13.19 run was her best since the 2023 World Championships.
Hall then leaped into the lead &ndash; quite literally &ndash; in the high jump. She was the only athlete to get over 1.89m, which was a season&rsquo;s best, but she then went on to equal her PB of 1.92m before setting a lifetime best of 1.95m, giving her an overall lead of 163 points.
European indoor silver medallist Sofie Dokter moved into second place overall, thanks to a high jump clearance of 1.86m, while USA&rsquo;s Timara Chapman climbed up to third overall after jumping 1.83m.
Hall&rsquo;s momentum continued into the shot put, where she unleashed a PB of 14.86m. It was 32 centimetres farther than anything she&rsquo;d achieved previously in a heptathlon and put her 38 points ahead of PB pace. Dokter consolidated her second-place position overall with a PB of 14.17m.
Hall ended the first day with a 23.37 run in the 200m, her fastest time in two years, and giving her a first-day score of 4161, just 11 points shy of her pace from her 2023 Hypo Meeting victory.
Pawlett was comfortably the fastest 200m sprinter, smashing her PB with 23.06 to jump up to fourth in the overall standings (3867). Dokter and Kalin ran 23.46 and 23.42 respectively, putting them in second (3942) and third (3868) overall.
The second day started well for Hall, who sailed out to a season&rsquo;s best of 6.44m in the long jump. As expected, Kalin &ndash; a world indoor and European indoor medallist in this discipline &ndash; topped the group with a leap of 6.77m, backed up by jumps of 6.73m and 6.76m.
It was also a good event for Araujo, who went out to a PB of 6.63m. Dokter (6.42m), Pawlett (6.42m) and Vicente (6.41m) all remained in contention at the top of the leaderboard, while Germany&rsquo;s Serina Riedel moved up thanks to her leap of 6.46m.
A PB of 46.16m in the javelin kept Hall on pace to not only win, but to break her heptathlon PB of 6988. Australia&rsquo;s Tori West produced the best throw of the day with 50.48m, while Araujo also excelled, throwing 49.42m.
Going into the final discipline, Hall knew that she needed to run 2:03.33 in the 800m to join the heptathlon&rsquo;s elusive 7000-point club. In a perfectly paced effort, she ran a world heptathlon best of 2:01.23 to bring her winning score to 7032, putting her joint second on the world all-time list alongside Carolina Kluft.
Dokter ended with 2:10.88 in the 800m to give her a score of 6576 in second place while Araujo clocked 2:15.89 to take third place overall with 6475. USA&rsquo;s Michelle Atherley was fourth (6425), ahead of Kalin (6395), Allie Jones (6367) and Riedel (6322).
&ldquo;The last heptathlon I did before this broke my heart,&rdquo; said Hall, referring to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, where she finished fifth, 92 points shy of a medal. &ldquo;But I feel like this heptathlon healed it.
&ldquo;I haven&rsquo;t run an 800m this year so I was a bit scared. I knew I was fit, but I didn&rsquo;t know how I&rsquo;d feel in the race. When came through the first lap in 58 seconds, I was like, &lsquo;oh no&rsquo;. But this is what you train for and thankfully I was able to hold on. I&rsquo;m really pleased with it.
&ldquo;It means so much to break the meeting record on the 50th anniversary of this competition,&rdquo; she added. &ldquo;To have all these past legends here &ndash; some of them met with my family, some gave me words of encouragement &ndash; makes it all the more special.&rdquo;
<h2>Supreme Skotheim</h2>
In the opening event of the men&rsquo;s decathlon, much of the focus was on the sixth and final 100m heat, and it duly delivered the fastest time of the day thanks to Ayden Owens-Delerme&rsquo;s 10.33 clocking. Damian Warner, holder of the world decathlon best in this discipline, was second in 10.39 ahead of Germany&rsquo;s Manuel Eitel (10.46).
But while the other heats weren&rsquo;t quite so fast, they were just as significant. Kyle Garland won his in a PB of 10.50, while world indoor champion Sander Skotheim ran a lifetime best of 10.70.
Soon after, Simon Ehammer produced one of the standout performances of the day. The 2024 world indoor champion sailed out to 8.34m in the long jump. It was notable not only for the distance &ndash; it was just 11 centimetres shy of the world decathlon best he set here three years ago &ndash; but also because it came in the first round. The Swiss decathlete had acquired an unfortunate record of no-jumps in past decathlons, but his huge first-round leap here could go some way in boosting his confidence for future competitions.
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Sander Skotheim in the decathlon pole vault in Gotzis (&copy; Sam Su)
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Skotheim also went beyond eight metres, leaping 8.06m, while Leo Neugebauer was just shy of the barrier, jumping 7.91m. Owens-Delerme jumped 7.65m while Warner was some way short of his best, recording 7.51m.
It meant that after two events, Ehammer had a 103-point lead over Skotheim. Owens-Delerme reclaimed the lead after the shot put, though, producing the best mark of the day with 16.19m. Garland, who shared a birthday with Owens-Delerme earlier this week, almost matched the Puerto Rican&rsquo;s mark with 16.14m, moving him up to fourth in the overall standings.
Neugebauer moved up to second place overall with a throw of 15.93m. Ehammer was near the bottom of the pack in the shot put with his 13.60m but it was enough to keep him in the top three overall. Eight-time Hypo Meeting winner Warner threw 14.41m to move up to seventh, two places behind Skotheim.
World and Olympic bronze medallist Lindon Victor was a non-starter for the high jump, while Germany&rsquo;s Tim Nowak withdrew after one attempt. Garland and Skotheim were the last men standing as both cleared 2.15m to jump further up the standings. USA&rsquo;s Heath Baldwin also moved up the leaderboard after clearing 2.12m.
World champion Pierce LePage (2.03m), Neugebauer (2.00m) and Warner (2.00m) finished further down the event standings.
Owens-Delerme ended the first day the same way he started it &ndash; by producing the best time of the day. He blazed around the Mosle Stadium track in 46.20 to break the meeting record and regain the overall lead. Harrison Williams was second in 46.86, while Ehammer clocked a PB of 47.18. Skotheim clocked 47.47, marginally quicker than Warner&rsquo;s 47.57.
It meant that at the end of the first day, Owens-Delerme had accrued 4652 points, giving him the lead ahead of Ehammer (4620) and Skotheim (4611).
The 110m hurdles at the start of the second day went much to the form book with Ehammer (13.57) and Warner (13.76) producing the best marks of the event, moving Ehammer into the lead overall. Garland (14.04), Owens-Delerme (14.09) and Skotheim (14.12) were just the other side of the 14-second barrier.
Skotheim moved into the lead for the first time after the discus, thanks to a PB of 49.18m. It made him the third-best thrower of the day behind Neugebauer and Estonia&rsquo;s Karel Tilga, who both threw 51.47m. Garland also performed well, throwing a PB of 49.10m to move into second place overall behind Skotheim.
Skotheim consolidated his lead in the pole vault, as he was one of three men &ndash; alongside Neugebauer and Ehammer &ndash; to produce clearances of 5.10m. Garland&rsquo;s vault of 4.90m kept him in second place ahead of Ehammer and Neugebauer. Owens-Delerme (4.80m) and Warner (4.70m) ended the discipline in fifth and sixth place overall respectively.
As expected, 2019 world champion Niklas Kaul was the standout performer in the javelin. The German sent his spear out to 72.13m to move up the leaderboard into seventh overall. A 61.46m throw from Skotheim kept the Norwegian in the lead, giving him a score of 8124 with the 1500m still to come. Garland threw 58.77m and Ehammer managed 55.30m. Neugebauer was just behind with 54.28m while Warner crept up the standings into fifth with 62.30m.
Kaul went out hard in the second 1500m heat and held on to win in 4:16.40. Skotheim followed a few seconds later in 4:23.88, bringing his winning tally to 8909 - the third-best score ever achieved at the Hypo Meeting. He eventually won by almost 300 points from Garland (8626) while Ehammer and Kaul shared third place with 8575, 20 points ahead of Neugebauer (8555). Eight-time winner Warner had to make do with sixth place, though the Canadian still scored a highly respectable 8527.
"I couldn't be happier," said Skotheim. "I thought a score like this was possible, but I definitely didn't expect to do it. I wanted to push through 8800 but not 8900. I'm super happy with myself, and thanks to the crowd cheering us on - that gave us 10 seconds in the 1500m."
Jon Mulkeen for World Athletics

Anna Hall moved up to equal second on the world all-time list when winning the heptathlon at the Hypo Meeting with a meeting record of 7032 on Sunday (1). Meanwhile, world indoor champion Sander Skotheim continued his remarkable 2025 campaign by winning the decathlon at the World Athletics Combined Events Tour Gold meeting in Götzis with 8909.

Hall scores meeting record of 7032 in Götzis, Skotheim claims decathlon

More than a decade after he first won at the Hypo Meeting, Damian Warner will line up for the World Athletics Combined Events Tour Gold meeting in G&ouml;tzis this weekend (31 May &ndash; 1 June) looking to notch up another victory.
Warner, the 2021 Olympic decathlon champion, already holds the record for the most wins in G&ouml;tzis, having racked up eight victories to date, stretching back to 2013.&nbsp;But world decathlon champion Pierce LePage is also back in the Austrian town, looking to repeat his win from two years ago.
The last time Warner contested a decathlon, it ended in disappointment. The Canadian was in contention for a medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, but failed to register a height in the pole vault, bringing an end to his title defence.
Three months prior to that, though, he won in G&ouml;tzis with 8678, showing he is still very much a force in the combined events world. The 35-year-old will be aiming to prove a similar point at this year&rsquo;s competition as part of his preparations for the World Championships later this year, where he&rsquo;ll be targeting his first world decathlon title. He has started the year in good form, too, having clocked season&rsquo;s bests of 21.31 over 200m and 4.85m in the pole vault.
Fellow Canadian LePage didn&rsquo;t even make it to the Paris Olympics, as injury ruled him out of most of last year. The 29-year-old, who beat Warner to the 2023 world title with a PB of 8909, made a return to competition earlier this year, putting together a string of decent indoor performances before a similarly solid start to his outdoor campaign over the past month.
But the Canadian duo won&rsquo;t be the only winners of global titles on the decathlon start line.
Norway&rsquo;s Sander Skotheim has enjoyed a sensational start to 2025, setting two European indoor heptathlon records, the latter when winning the European indoor title (6558). Two weeks later, he added the world indoor title to his collection with a score of 6475.
Skotheim, who will turn 23 on the first day of competition this weekend, earned European silver last year with a PB of 8635, a mark that was a Norwegian record at the time. That mark was subsequently bettered by Markus Rooth with his gold-medal-winning performance of 8796 at the Paris Olympics, but Skotheim&rsquo;s indoor form suggests that Rooth&rsquo;s national record could be under threat in G&ouml;tzis.
Rooth won&rsquo;t be in G&ouml;tzis, but the two men who joined him on the Olympic podium will be: silver medallist Leo Neugebauer and bronze medallist Lindon Victor.
Neugebauer will be making his G&ouml;tzis debut. He turned professional last year after retaining his NCAA title with 8961, breaking the German record for the second year in a row. The 24-year-old has competed indoors and outdoors already this year, but hasn&rsquo;t contested a decathlon since last year&rsquo;s Olympics where he took silver with 8748.
Victor hasn&rsquo;t competed at all since the Paris Olympics where he finished third, matching his finish from the previous year&rsquo;s World Championships. The Grenadian was runner-up in G&ouml;tzis in 2019 and 2022, so he&rsquo;ll be looking to achieve his first victory, which would also make him the first athlete from the Caribbean to win at the Hypo Meeting.
Puerto Rico&rsquo;s Ayden Owens-Delerme could also be in the running to achieve that. The 2022 NCAA champion, who has a PB of 8732, will be making his Hypo Meeting debut.
USA&rsquo;s Kyle Garland, who has the exact same date of birth as Owens-Delerme (28 May 2000), will also be competing in G&ouml;tzis for the first time. The 8720 performer hasn&rsquo;t competed since winning the US indoor heptathlon title earlier this year.
Other contenders include 2019 world champion Niklas Kaul, 2024 world indoor champion Simon Ehammer, Estonia&rsquo;s Karel Tilga and US duo Harrison Williams and Heath Baldwin.
<h2>Hall back for more</h2>
Anna Hall has fond memories of competing in G&ouml;tzis. Two years ago, she put together a stunning series to win with 6988 and then went on to claim silver at the World Championships in Budapest. The 24-year-old had a delayed start to her 2024 campaign after undergoing surgery at the start of that year, but she managed to finish fifth at the Paris Olympics with 6615.
The 2025 season so far has been business as usual for Hall, who has competed several times already this year, recording season&rsquo;s bests of 51.68 for 400m and 54.43 for the 400m hurdles.
World champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson, a two-time winner at the Hypo Meeting, had been set to compete this weekend but the Briton was a late withdrawal due to a minor injury. There'll be another past Hypo Meeting champion on the start line, though.
Hungary&rsquo;s Xenia Krizsan, who won here in 2021 with a PB of 6651, will be making her seventh Hypo Meeting appearance. The 32-year-old finished seventh at last year&rsquo;s Olympics and fourth at the 2023 World Championships.
Poland&rsquo;s Adrianna Sulek-Schubert missed last year&rsquo;s Hypo Meeting as it came just three months after she gave birth. She resumed competition in late June, though, and went on to compete at the Paris Olympics, where she set a season&rsquo;s best of 6226.
In 2022, she earned world indoor silver, placed second in G&ouml;tzis and went on to set a PB of 6672 when finishing fourth at the World Championships. With a full winter behind her and a solid indoor campaign, Sulek-Schubert hopes to get back to that kind of form this year.
Switzerland&rsquo;s Annik Kalin was runner-up in G&ouml;tzis last year before going on to place fourth at the European Championships and the Olympic Games, the latter with a national record of 6639. So far this year, she has focused more on individual events, taking European indoor and world indoor long jump silver. With PBs of 6.90m for the long jump and 7.92 for 60m hurdles now in her armour, it could translate to a big heptathlon score this weekend.
Sofie Dokter of the Netherlands took European indoor silver earlier this year with 4826, a 200-point improvement on her previous best. She, too, could now be set to revise her heptathlon PB (6452).
Versatile Spaniard Maria Vicente missed most of last year due to injury, and prior to that had been focusing on individual disciplines. She made a long-awaited return to competition earlier this month and now heads to G&ouml;tzis hoping to complete her first heptathlon in almost four years.
Other leading competitors include South American champion Martha Araujo of Colombia and last year&rsquo;s Hypo Meeting third-place finisher Michelle Atherley of the USA.
Jon Mulkeen for World Athletics
<h3>Leading entries with PBs</h3>
Women&rsquo;s heptathlon Anna Hall (USA) 6988 Adrianna Sulek-Schubert (POL) 6672 Xenia Krizsan (HUN) 6651 Annik Kalin (SUI) 6639 Michelle Atherley (USA) 6465 Sofie Dokter (NED) 6452 Martha Araujo (COL) 6429 Timara Chapman (USA) 6339 Maria Vicente (ESP) 6304 Beatrice Juskeviciute (LTU) 6295 Tori West (AUS) 6245 Allie Jones (USA) 6234 Lovisa Karlsson (SWE) 6146 Marys Patterson (CUB) 6113 Mathilde Rey (SUI) 6086
Men&rsquo;s decathlon Damian Warner (CAN) 9018 Leo Neugebauer (GER) 8961 Pierce LePage (CAN) 8909 Lindon Victor (GRN) 8756 Ayden Owens-Delerme (PUR) 8732 Kyle Garland (USA) 8720 Niklas Kaul (GER) 8691 Karel Tilga (EST) 8681 Sander Skotheim (NOR) 8635 Harrison Williams (USA) 8630 Heath Baldwin (USA) 8625 Simon Ehammer (SUI) 8468 Manuel Eitel (GER) 8351 Rik Taam (NED) 8326 Jente Hauttekeete (BEL) 8268 Tim Nowak (GER) 8282

More than a decade after he first won at the Hypo Meeting, Damian Warner will line up in Götzis looking to notch up another victory

Past winners Warner, LePage and Hall return to Götzis

Norway&rsquo;s Sander Skotheim scored 6484 points to break the European heptathlon record and move to fifth on the world all-time list at the World Athletics Combined Events Tour Silver meeting in Tallinn, Estonia.
Closing his campaign with a 2:37.85 1000m on Sunday (2), the 22-year-old added five points to the previous European record set by world decathlon record-holder Kevin Mayer in 2017.
World indoor heptathlon silver medallist Skotheim, who <a href="https://worldathletics.org/awards/news/fair-play-award-2024-sander-skotheim" target="_blank" rel="noopener">received the International Fair Play Award at last year&rsquo;s World Athletics Awards</a>, started the competition in Tallinn on Saturday (1) with a 7.04 60m before an impressive 8.19m PB in the long jump.
He then achieved another PB &ndash; 15.00m in the shot put &ndash; and cleared 2.06m in the high jump.
He started day two by clocking 8.04 in the 60m hurdles before soaring 5.25m in the pole vault.
The European record was well within reach and he achieved it by running 2:37.85 in the 1000m, taking him to a tally of 6484 points.
<h2>Finnish record for Vanninen</h2>
The world indoor pentathlon silver medallist also won in Tallinn, Finland&rsquo;s Saga Vanninen setting a national record and world lead of 4843 points to do so. That score puts her 16th on the world all-time list.
Her performances included outright PBs of 6.48m in the long jump and 2:11.70 in the 800m, and her overall score added almost 200 points to her previous pentathlon best of 4677.
The top three all set national records as Kate O'Connor scored 4683 to improve her Irish record and world U20 heptathlon champion Jana Koscak managed 4478 to break her own Croatian record.
<a href="https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-combined-events-tour/calendar-results/7213928/result" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Results</a>

Norway’s Sander Skotheim scored 6484 points to break the European heptathlon record and move to fifth on the world all-time list

Skotheim sets European heptathlon record in Tallinn 

Michelle Atherley and Johannes Erm have been confirmed as the winners of the 2024 World Athletics Combined Events Tour, which rewards their season-long consistency in the heptathlon and decathlon, respectively.
The Combined Events Tour takes each athlete&rsquo;s best three marks across the series and converts them into result scores (also used as the basis of the world rankings system). Winners of the Combined Events Tour, which features both indoor and outdoor meetings, receive a US$30,000 prize.
The top eight at the end of the season are:
Heptathlon 1 Michelle Atherley (USA) 3466 2 Taliyah Brooks (USA) 3421 3 Emma Oosterwegel (NED) 3421 4 Kate O'Connor (IRL) 3326 5 Vanessa Grimm (GER) 3320 6 Verena Mayr (AUT) 3303 7 Lovisa Karlsson (SWE) 3290 8 Tori West (AUS) 3289 <a href="https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-combined-events-tour/standings/2024/women" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href="https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-combined-events-tour/standings/2024/women">Full standings</a>
Decathlon 1 Johannes Erm (EST) 3661 2 Sander Skotheim (NOR) 3624 3 Heath Baldwin (USA) 3614 4 Sven Roosen (NED) 3599 5 Devon Williams (USA) 3477 6 Felix Wolter (GER) 3454 7 Tim Nowak (GER) 3450 8 Jente Hauttekeete (BEL) 3447 <a href="https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-combined-events-tour/standings/2024/men" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href="https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-combined-events-tour/standings/2024/men">Full standings</a>
Atherley&rsquo;s highest single heptathlon score of the season came at the Hypomeeting in Gotzis in May, where the US athlete scored a PB of 6465 points to place third. Her results in Gotzis included a PB and meeting record of 12.71 in the 100m hurdles and a PB of 13.67m in the shot put.
She went on to finish fourth at the US Olympic Team Trials with 6391 points and her series also included a 6372-point win at the Mt. SAC Relays in April.
Her US compatriot Taliyah Brooks secured second place in the series. After retaining her title at the Multistars meeting in Brescia in April with a PB-equalling 6330 points, she improved to a PB of 6408 to finish third at the US Olympic Team Trials and then competed at the Olympic Games in Paris, where she was 11th with 6258.
After winning the Combined Events Tour last year, Dutch heptathlete Emma Oosterwegel was third this time but it was incredibly close. She ended the season on 3421 tour points &ndash; the same as Brooks &ndash; and finished third overall as Brooks had a higher single heptathlon score (6408 to 6386).
That 6386 performance for Tokyo bronze medallist Oosterwegel came on the biggest stage of them all, as she achieved the fifth-best score of her career to finish seventh at the Olympics in Paris. She also finished fourth in Gotzis with 6337 points and second at the season-ending Decastar in Talence on 6273 points.
In the decathlon, Estonia&rsquo;s Erm had the season of his life. He won the European title in Rome in June, setting a PB of 8764 that put him third on the season top list. His series also included a score of 8462 to finish third at the Hypomeeting in Gotzis and he ended his year on a high, achieving 8589 points to win the Decastar in Talence, where his performance included a big PB of 5.37m in the pole vault.
Alongside those results, Erm also finished sixth at the Paris Olympics and claimed heptathlon bronze at the World Indoor Championships.
Norway&rsquo;s Sander Skotheim secured a second consecutive runner-up spot in the Combined Events Tour, in a season that was topped by his PB of 8635 to finish second to Erm at the European Championships. He was also runner-up to Erm in Talence, scoring 8517, while his first scoring performance as part of the tour was in the heptathlon in February in Tallinn, where he won with 6281 points. He went on to secure world indoor heptathlon silver in Glasgow.
Claiming third place in the tour was Heath Baldwin, who scored a PB of 8625 to win at the US Olympic Team Trials and then finished 10th at the Paris Olympics with 8422 points. His series also featured a runner-up finish at the Mt. SAC Relays (8470).
World Athletics

Michelle Atherley and Johannes Erm have been confirmed as the winners of the 2024 World Athletics Combined Events Tour

Atherley and Erm win World Athletics Combined Events Tour

Estonia&rsquo;s Johannes Erm won the decathlon and Colombia&rsquo;s Martha Araujo was victorious in the heptathlon at the Decastar meeting, this season&rsquo;s final World Athletics Combined Events Tour Gold event, in Talence on Saturday and Sunday (14-15).
In a year that has included a European title win, sixth place at the Olympics and bronze at the World Indoor Championships, Erm achieved the second-best score of his career &ndash; 8589 points &ndash; to end his season on a high. That performance clinched him the win by 72 points ahead of Sander Skotheim of Norway, while Sven Roosen of the Netherlands was third on 8293.
Araujo has improved with every competition this year and in Talence she scored a South American record of 6429 points. That followed the then lifetime best of 6386 she set to secure seventh place at the Paris Olympics, while she also scored 6329 at the Colombian Championships in June and 6274 at the Ibero American Championships in May.
That PB performance in Talence put her 156 points ahead of defending champion Emma Oosterwegel of the Netherlands, who had finished joint seventh with Araujo in Paris, while USA&rsquo;s Michelle Atherley was third on 6267.
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Martha Araujo celebrates her performance in Talence (&copy; Team Photo / Pascal Laplassotte)
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It ended up being close at the top in the decathlon. Germany&rsquo;s Manuel Eitel got the strongest start, clocking 10.56 in the 100m, as Roosen ran 10.71 and Erm 10.79. Skotheim launched himself into the lead as he soared 7.70m in the long jump, Erm managing 7.37m and Roosen 7.34m.
Belgium&rsquo;s Niels Pittomvils and Roosen were the two athletes to surpass 15 metres in the shot put, Pittomvils throwing 15.15m and Roosen 15.06m. Erm was next on 14.79m. That moved Roosen up to second just 15 points behind Eitel, with Skotheim third only another 10 points back and Erm a close fourth.
Skotheim then soared ahead as he cleared 2.11m in the high jump, six centimetres higher than anyone else, and ran 47.51 in a 400m topped by Roosen&rsquo;s 46.72. Erm was next best on 47.27.
The first day ended with Skotheim on 4444 points, 112 ahead of Erm. Belgium&rsquo;s Jente Hauttekeete had moved up into third place on 4241.
That order was maintained after the first event on day two, the 110m hurdles, as Skotheim clocked 14.17, the same as Hauttekeete, while Roosen ran 14.12 and Erm 14.21. Skotheim then held on to his lead after a 44.75m discus throw but Erm moved up into second with a leading mark of 47.25m.
A big PB 5.37m vault by Erm made the difference. He was the sole athlete to manage five metres or more and so leapt above Skotheim overall, with 7119 points to 6999. Erm was then one of three athletes to surpass 60 metres in the javelin as he threw 60.47m to Jose Fernando Ferreira Santana&rsquo;s 64.87m, while Devon Williams managed 60.01m. With one event &ndash; the 1500m &ndash; to go, Erm sat top on 7864, 140 ahead of Skotheim.
That&rsquo;s how the top two remained, with Erm running 4:33.04 and holding on to secure victory with 8589 points ahead of Skotheim (4:22.74) with 8517. Roosen (4:24.91) moved up into third on 8293, 25 points ahead of Hauttekeete with 8268.
Araujo opened her heptathlon campaign with 13.12 in the 100m hurdles, with only Atherley (13.04) going faster. Araujo then cleared a PB of 1.75m in the high jump, adding two centimetres to her previous best, to move into the overall lead.
Germany&rsquo;s Vanessa Grimm had the best mark in the shot put, throwing 14.37m, as Araujo managed 13.38m and then clocked 24.31 in the 200m. That left her on 3726 points at the end of the first day, 42 ahead of Atherley on 3684. Poland&rsquo;s Adrianna Sulek-Schubert was third on 3638 and Sweden&rsquo;s Lovisa Karlsson fourth on 3610.
Araujo and Karlsson continued their impressive form at the start of day two, leaping 6.49m and 6.55m respectively in the long jump. That put them in the top two spots, separated by 97 points, after five events. But there was disappointment for Grimm, who did not return to competition following the 200m.
Germany&rsquo;s Marie Dehning and Oosterwegel dominated the javelin, respectively throwing 53.18m and 52.56m. Araujo also surpassed 50 metres with 50.64m and that maintained her leading position overall, as she sat top on 5603, 272 ahead of Oosterwegel, with Atherley another 58 points off with one event to go.
Atherley went quickest in the 800m, running 2:08.01, but Araujo&rsquo;s 2:19.80 was more than enough to clinch her the win as she scored her total of 6429, 156 ahead of Oosterwegel who ran 2:11.56, with Atherley third on 6267 and Karlsson fourth on 6111.
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Estonia’s Johannes Erm won the decathlon and Colombia’s Martha Araujo was victorious in the heptathlon at the Decastar meeting

Erm and Araujo triumphant in Talence

Global medallists Lindon Victor and Emma Oosterwegel will be among the athletes looking to end their seasons on a high at the Decastar meeting, this season&rsquo;s final World Athletics Combined Events Tour Gold event, in Talence this weekend (14-15).
Grenada&rsquo;s Victor claimed Olympic decathlon bronze in Paris, matching the colour of medal he secured at the World Championships in Budapest last year, while Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist Oosterwegel of the Netherlands finished seventh in the heptathlon in Paris.
Now they return to Talence on the hunt for further victory, following their wins in 2022, and 2022 and 2023, respectively. Victor achieved 8550 points when winning his Decastar title two years ago and that remains the third-best score of his career behind the national record of 8756 he set in Budapest and the 8711 he managed in Paris. Oosterwegel&rsquo;s PB of 6590 was set when she claimed her Olympic medal in Tokyo, with the score of 6495 that she set to win in Talence last year remaining the second-best mark of her career. In 2022 she was a joint Decastar winner alongside Ivona Dadic, and the Austrian athlete also returns to Talence this weekend.
The decathlon field features 12 athletes who have surpassed 8000 points in the 10-event discipline, with Victor joined by fellow 8600 point-plus athletes Johannes Erm of Estonia, Sander Skotheim of Norway and Sven Roosen of the Netherlands.
Erm won the European title in Rome in June, setting a PB of 8764 that puts him third on this season&rsquo;s top list and 14th on the world all-time list, one place above Victor. He followed that with 8569 to finish sixth at the Paris Olympics and also claimed world indoor heptathlon bronze in Glasgow in March.
Talence gives him the opportunity for a rematch with Skotheim, who claimed heptathlon silver ahead of Erm in Glasgow but finished runner-up to his Estonian rival in Rome.
Roosen finished fourth, one place behind Victor, at the Paris Olympics as he scored a national record of 8607.&nbsp;
Germany&rsquo;s Manuel Eitel has finished runner-up at the past two editions of Decastar and will be looking to go one better this time around. Also returning are USA&rsquo;s Devon Williams and Belgium&rsquo;s Jente Hauttekeete, while Brazil&rsquo;s Jose Fernando Ferreira Santana joins them on the entry list following a PB performance of 8213 in Paris.
In the heptathlon, Oosterwegel and Dadic are among 15 athletes in the field who have surpassed 6000 points in their careers so far.
Like Oosterwegel, Dadic has a PB above 6500 points, thanks to the 6552 score she achieved at the European Championships in Berlin in 2018. She will be looking to rebound after falling in the 100m hurdles in Ratingen in June as she contests her first heptathlon since then. Prior to that she scored 6115 at the Hypomeeting in Gotzis in May.
Her compatriot Verena Mayr also returns to Talence and as it was for Dadic, Gotzis was the scene of Mayr&rsquo;s most recent full heptathlon as she scored 6196.
Poland&rsquo;s Adrianna Sulek-Schubert gave birth to her son in February, but she returned to competition in June, scoring 6033 at an event in Warsaw, and competed at the Olympics, finishing 12th with 6226.
Colombia&rsquo;s Martha Araujo secured seventh place at the Paris Olympics with a PB of 6386 and she also scored 6329 at the Colombian Championships in June and 6274 at the Ibero American Championships in May.
Another athlete looking to make a statement will be USA&rsquo;s Michelle Atherley, who scored a PB of 6465 in Gotzis in May, while Germany&rsquo;s Vanessa Grimm will also want to build on her Hypomeeting performance, having scored 6307, just off her PB of 6323 from 2022.

Global medallists Lindon Victor and Emma Oosterwegel will be among the athletes looking to end their seasons on a high at the Decastar meeting

Calendar
Date	Meeting	Venue	Country
31 JAN–01 FEB 2026	Tallinn 2026	Tallinna Kergejõustikuhall, Tallinn	EST
21–22 FEB 2026	USA Indoor Combined Events Championships	Fall Creek Pavilion, Indianapolis, IN	USA
22 FEB 2026	Combined Events Copernicus Cup	Arena Toruń, Toruń	POL
04–06 APR 2026	CARIFTA Games	Kirani James Athletic Stadium, St. George's	GRN
15–16 APR 2026	Mt. SAC Relays Combined Events	Hilmer Lodge Stadium, Walnut, CA	USA
25–26 APR 2026	39th Multistars	Centro Gabre Gabric, Brescia	ITA
30–31 MAY 2026	Hypomeeting	Mösle-Stadium, Götzis	AUT
06–07 JUN 2026	XV Meeting Arona Pruebas Combinadas	Antonio Domínguez Stadium, Arona	ESP
22–23 JUN 2026	Portugal Athletics Open	Estadio Universitario, Lisboa	POR
27–28 JUN 2026	Stadtwerke Ratingen Mehrkampf-Meeting	Stadionring, Ratingen	GER
11–12 JUL 2026	5th Wiesław Czapiewski Memorial	Stadion Miejski, Nakło nad Notecią	POL
23–26 JUL 2026	USA Championships	Icahn Stadium, New York, NY	USA
18–19 SEP 2026	Décastar	Stade Pierre Paul Bernard, Talence	FRA

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