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  1. Heptathlon: Thiam delivers historic double

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    Nafissatou Thiam joins Jackie Joyner-Kersee to become only the second woman to complete an Olympic double in the heptathlon. Thiam’s sequal to Rio 2016 went to the form book, particularly as reigning world champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson pulled up injured in the 200m at the end of the first day.

    It was a Dutch affair for the remaining medals. Anouk Vetter broke her national record with 6689 to gain silver. Emma Oosterwegel forced her way to bronze in the 800m at the expense of USA’s Kendell Williams, who was in third position coming into the final event.

    Name
    Total
    100m hurdles
    High jump
    Shot put
    200m
    Long jump
    Javelin
    800m

  2. Decathlon: Warner joins the 9,000-point club

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    Canada’s Damian Warner has joined an elite group of men with 9,000+ points in the decathlon. That rollcall: world-record holder Kevin Mayer (9126, Tokyo silver medallist), Ashton Eaton (9045) and Roman Sebrle (9026)—the first to do it back in 2001. Warner’s mark of 9018 becomes an Olympic record.

    Warner demonstrated his dominance right from the start, setting down field-leading marks in the 100m and long jump, for which he was just shy of his world decathlon best with 8.24m (best = 8.28m).

    The battle for bronze came down to the final event, with Australia’s Ash Moloney claiming the prize with an elated “f*ck yeah” when the result came up on the board. The under-20 world champion is also his country’s first-ever medal in the event and he just about edged USA’s Garrett Scantling.

    Name
    Total
    100m
    Long jump
    Shot
    High jump
    400m
    110m hurdles
    Discus
    Pole vault
    Javelin
    1500m

  3. Götzis 2021: decathlon

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    This year’s Gotzis was all about Damian Warner. He has now taken the Gotzis decathlon crown a record six times, long jumped a Canadian national record and decathlon best (8.28m) and went number four on the all-time list (a whisker off the the 9,000+ club with 8995).

    It ended a Canada 1-2 with Lapage coming through with a new PB. There was also a strong showing from Belgians Van Der Plaetsen and Pittomvils, and the Belarusian Zhuk who all score new decathlon PBs. Take a look below how the top eight performed against their PBs coming into the competition (the sorting function and overall scores are from their Gotzis results).

    Name
    Total
    100m
    Long jump
    Shot
    High jump
    400m
    110m hurdles
    Discus
    Pole vault
    Javelin
    1500m

  4. Götzis 2021: heptathlon

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    Xenia Krizsan set a new PB and Hungarian national record scoring 6651 to take the heptathlon title in Gotzis, bettering Vetter who finished second with 6536 points.

    You could throw a blanket over 4th-7th with only 10 points separating them. In that pack were three lifetime bests. Notably, German Vanessa Grimm added an impressive 269 points to her overall best score, which included five new (or equalled) individual event bests. See below how the top eight fared relatively against their PBs coming into the competition (the sorting function and overall scores are from their Gotzis results).

    Name
    Total
    100m hurdles
    High jump
    Shot put
    200m
    Long jump
    Javelin
    800m

  5. Diamond League prize money rankings

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    An alternative Diamond League ranking based on how much prize money each athlete has collected, using the published sums for places 1st-8th. It excludes appearance fees, performance bonuses and any additional sums for places beyond 8th.

    Athlete rankings in

    2019
    2019
    2018
    2017

    Prize money in US dollars

  6. The greatest heptathletes

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    There are many different routes to a great heptathlon performance. Joyner-Kersee set her world record of 7291 at the Seoul Olympics in 1988 and also won individual gold in her strongest event, the long jump. Ennis-Hill is the fastest hurdler the event has seen, while Thiam seems to be that rare heptathlete that thrives in the javelin. Explore the the strengths and weaknesses of the greatest heptathletes of all time.

    Name
    Total
    100m hurdles
    High jump
    Shot put
    200m
    Long jump
    Javelin
    800m