Despite starting day two in second place, Austria’s Verena Preiner and Norway’s Martin Roe ultimately emerged victorious at the IAAF Combined Events Challenge meeting in Arona on Sunday (9).

Defending Multistars decathlon champion Martin Roe and 2016 heptathlon winner Vanessa Spinola will face a strong field when they return to Italy for opening leg of the IAAF Combined Events Challenge this weekend (27-28).

USA’s Erica Bougard and Norway’s Martin Roe held on to their overnight lead at the Multistars Trofeo Zerneri Acciai in Florence on Saturday (28) to take the first victories in the 2018 IAAF Combined Events Challenge.

After strong performances on the opening day of the Multistars Trofeo Zerneri Acciai on Friday (27), USA’s Erica Bougard and Norway’s Martin Roe are the overnight leaders at the opening leg of the IAAF Combined Events Challenge.

Janek Oiglane from Estonia moved from third after day one to the overall title to win the super league division of the European Combined Events Team Championships, and IAAF Combined Events Challenge meeting, in Tallinn on Sunday (2).

Norway’s Martin Roe and Nigeria’s 2015 All Africa Games champion Uhunoma Osazuwa lead the decathlon and heptathlon after the first day of the Multistars Trofeo Zerneri Acciai in Florence, Italy, on Friday (29).