Anna Hall brings record in Götzis and becomes the second athletics legend!

Anna Hall brings record in Götzis and becomes the second athletics legend!

Götzis, Österreich - in Götzis, Austria, there was a spectacular all-around meeting, in which Anna Hall from the USA set up a new meeting engraver. With a total number of 7,032 points, the heptathlon not only secured first place, but also catapulted herself into the history books, since she is now the second best woman in the athletics history. Only Jackie Joyner-Kersee has scored more points, while Hall goes into the race in all-time statistics together with Carolina Klüft. This outstanding performance was also crowned by a new world record over the 800 meters (2: 01.84 minutes), such as [Laola1.at] (https://www.laola1.at/de/sport-mix/Mehr-sport/leichthletik/ekord-in-goetzis ---hall-nun-zweit best--er-erzeiten/)) reported.

Hall exceeded the previous record in Götzis, held by Nafissatou Thiam, by 19 points. Her previous best performance she had achieved in 2023 was 6,988 points. In the competition itself, the competition was significantly behind Hall; Sofie Dokter from the Netherlands landed in second place with 6,576 points, followed by Martha Araujo from Colombia, which scored 6,475 points. Chiara-Belinda Schuler, the only Austrian in the field of participants, reached 18th place with 5,904 points.

The male competitors in Götzis

Skander Skotheim from Norway won with an impressive performance of 8,909 points, which is considered the best number of points ever. Kyle Garland from the USA came in second place with 8,626 points. Simon Ehammer, the Swiss athlete, scored 8,575 points and thus improved his own record of 8,468 points from 2022 by 107 points. Ehammer finished third in the competition and cut off better in most disciplines than in his previous record, only in the shot put, he remained behind his expectations, reports [Tagesanzeiger.ch] (https://www.tagengeiger.ch/ Mehrmampf-Meeting-in-Goetzis-ehammer- Pulverized-Eigen-Schweizer-49647315651). The Canadian eight-time Götzis winner Damian Warner also scored 8,527 points among the male participants and thus became seventh. Matthias Lasch from Austria reached 7,986 points in his first decathlon and was 17th, which makes him eight -best Austrian in decathlon. The record in this area is 8,175 points, set up by Dominik Distelberger in 2016.

A look at the heptathlon

The heptathlon, which is carried out as an Olympic athletics discipline for women, is made up of seven disciplines: 100-meter hurdle run, high jump, shot put, 200-meter run, long jump, javelin throw and 800-meter run. It is held as a two -day competition and has existed in its modern form since 1981. In the early days, athletes from the GDR dominated the discipline. A well-known competition in the heptathlon is the all-around meeting in Götzis, which regularly attracts talent. In this context, Caroline Klips is the record winner, while Jackie Joyner-Kersee also holds the long jump record with 7.27 meters, as explained in wikipedia.org.

With the impressive performance of Anna Hall and Simon Ehammer, the all-round meeting in Götzis once again demonstrated that it is the stage for extraordinary athletic achievements.