Swiss mixed occasions athlete enjoys an impressed few hours in Götzis with an enormous lengthy leap and a world greatest rating for the primary day of a decathlon.
Simon Ehammer is having fun with a dream 12 months. In March he received the world indoor heptathlon title in a world report of 6670. Now, on the primary day of the Götzis Hypomeeting in Austria, he set the very best ever mark for an extended leap in a decathlon of 8.51m (1.0) and the best first-day rating of 4762.
What’s extra, the 26-year-old’s lengthy leap was a world lead and Swiss report. His different marks on Saturday (Might 30) included 100m in 10.41, shot put of 15.15m, 2.03m within the excessive leap and 400m in 47.33.
Victory is way from assured for Ehammer, although. Helped by a 7.97m lengthy leap, 16.71m shot and a pair of.06m excessive leap, the reigning world champion Leo Neugebauer sits second in a single day with 4632.
Damian Warner of Canada, an eight-time winner in Götzis, can also be nonetheless in rivalry in third place with 4541.
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The day belonged to Ehammer, although, as he beat Dan O’Brien’s 4747 from the 1991 US Championships as the very best first-day rating in decathlon historical past.
In a contest which is the strongest mixed occasions assembly outdoors the worldwide championships, Britain’s Lewis Church lies in twenty second with a rating of 3895 after the primary day.
The heptathlon noticed Sofie Dokter of the Netherlands lead in a single day with 3969 after a day that included three PBs within the 100m hurdles with 13.27, shot put with 14.70m and 200m in 23.13.
Like Ehammer, she received the world indoor title earlier this 12 months.
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Solely 12 factors separate the following 4 girls – Switzerland’s Annik Kälin (3859), USA’s Taliyah Brooks (3849), Germany’s Vanessa Grimm (3847) and Dutch athlete Emma Oosterwegel (3847).
Britain’s Jade O’Dowda sits in seventh with 3762 after 100m hurdles in 13.25, excessive leap in 1.80m, shot put of 13.32 and 200m in 24.34.
Fellow Brit Ellen Barber is 18th with 3533.
