Norway’s Sander Skotheim scored 6484 points to break the European heptathlon record and move to fifth on the world all-time ...

Any sprint-based athlete runs on ego; it is the oil of the system," says Dwight Stones, former world record holder in the high jump, about two-time Olympic heptathlon champion Jackie Joyner-Kersee ...

Preparing and training for any Olympic event comes with high responsibility, tons of discipline and a physical toll that the ...

Will we see a similarly comfortable ending for KJT in the heptathlon tomorrow? We can dream, although GB tends to prefer ...

In order to focus on the World Athletics Championships in September, three-time Olympic heptathlon champion Nafi Thiam will ...

Nafi Thiam, a three-time Olympic heptathlon champion, will skip the indoor season to focus on the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Her decision means missing the European and World Indoor ...

Kersee, who will be the featured speaker at the RVA Sports Awards, set the world record in the heptathlon during the 1988 Olympic Games in South Korea.

Now, the building stands immortal. Almost exactly 100 years later, at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, 26-year-old Jackie Joyner-Kersee became the first-ever heptathlon contestant to surpass 7,000 points.

She came to dominate the heptathlon, a demanding seven-event competition that measures speed, strength and stamina. Not only the possessor of the world record of 7,291 points, she also holds the ...