Decathlete Niklas Kaul (Mainz) grabs gold at the home European Championships in Munich – after a very strong javelin throw at 76.05 m – no decathlete has ever thrown further at European Championships – the 24-year-old is the favorite in the final 1500 m run. Before the final, Kaul is in third place with 7664 points and is 178 points behind the leader Simon Ehammer from Switzerland, but the ex-world champion is considered to be a much better runner. The Estonian Janek Oiglane is also involved in the exciting fight for the medals.
World record holder and world champion Kevin Mayer had to give up after the 100 m due to injury. Only the Frenchman was ahead of Kaul in the entry list, who finished sixth at the World Championships in Eugene three weeks ago with 8434 points. “What helps me here is that I have the audience with me. It was different in Eugene,” said Kaul: “Hopefully that will carry me a bit on the second day, it’s nice to be the hunter.”
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European Athletics Championships 2022 – Standing decathlon after nine disciplines:
place | Surname | country | Points |
1 | Simon Ehammer | SUI | 7842 |
2 | Janek Oiglane | EST | 7683 |
3 | Nicholas Kaul | ENG | 7664 |
4 | Maicel Uibo | EST | 7567 |
5 | Dario Dester | IT | 7548 |
6 | Kai Kazmirek | ENG | 7513 |
7 | Marcus Nilson | SWE | 7505 |
8th | Sander Skotheim | NOR | 7442 |
9 | Adam S Helcelet | CZE | 7366 |
10 | Baptiste Thiery | FRA | 7233 |
… | |||
15 | Arthur Abel | ENG | 6988 |
… | Tim Nowak | ENG | DNF |
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