The women’s outdoor heptathlon is a combined events athletics discipline in which athletes compete across seven track and field events over two days.
Heptathlon tests speed, strength, endurance, and technical ability through 100 metres hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200 metres, long jump, javelin throw, and 800 metres.
on the "progression of heptathlon world best" file, a heptathlon world best is missing on the javelin throw: 56.96 - Sofian Ifantidou - Greece - 5947 points - Olympic Games - London - 04/08/2012 So that record was broken a few weeks before Barbora Spotakova established in Talence the one that is still currently standing.
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The discipline and training applied by decathletes have always been regarded by me as the ultimate in athletic dedication. Whilst it is of course always a huge honour for any decathlete to achieve the ultimate status of World Champion, I cannot help but regard all those who dedicate themselves to this most gruelling of athletic disciplines as Champions - unknown person