After its debut year, the 1999 Challenge showed that the concept of a season-long ranking system for combined events was sustainable, gaining credibility among athletes and organizers.
First Global Series for Combined Events. Before 1998, combined events athletes mainly competed in isolated major championships (Olympics, World Championships, European Championships, etc. ) or at individual meetings. The Challenge created a
Arthur Abele captured a truly special moment in his career when he won the gold medal at the 2018 European Championships in Berlin, triumphing in front of a jubilant home crowd with a memorable total of 8431 points.
How many ways can we say, “ Roman Šebrle of the Czech Republic is the world’s greatest performer ever in the century ‐old tradition of the decathlon? I can think of at least five: Šebrle’s uniqueness, longevity, consistency,
Leonel Suarez won an Olympic bronze medal twice: at the Beijing Olympic Games (2008) and at the London Olympic Games (2012). He holds Cuban national record for the decathlon with 8654 points. Winner of the 2011 IAAF Combined Events Challenge.
Andres Raja represented Estonia in the decathlon at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, finishing 12th with 8118 points, but he went just one point higher to set his personal best of 8119 at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin. He was a four
Yordani Garcia claimed numerous regional titles and competed in three Olympic Games. In all three of his Olympic appearances (2008, 2012, 2016), he finished just shy of the 8000 ‐point mark. That’s unusually consistent ‐ and a