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COMBINED EVENTS Senior Events:- MEN - DECATHLON Day 1:100M, Long Jump, Shot, High Jump, 400M Day 2:110H, Discus, Pole Vault, Javelin, 1500M WOMEN - HEPTATHLON Day 1:100H, High Jump, Shot, 200M Day 2:Long Jump, Javelin, 800M Junior Events : U/17 MEN - OCTATHLON Day 1:100H, LJ, Javelin, 400M Day 2:HJ, Discus, Shot, 1500M U/17 WOMEN -HEPTATHLON - SEE ABOVE U/15 BOYS - PENTATHLON 80H, SHOT, LJ, HJ, 800M U/15 GIRLS - PENTATHLON LJ, 75H, SHOT, HJ, 800M U/13 BOYS - PENTATHLON LJ, 75H, SHOT, HJ, 800 U/13 GIRLS LJ, 70H, SHOT, HJ, 800
All combined events training programmes are a compromise which must be well balanced and appropriate to the athletes status and abilities. The development of a young combined event athlete involves 4 stages: Pre-specialisation, Initial specialisation, Intermediate specialisation, and advanced specialisation. Due to the varied physical requirements and number of techniques to be learnt, combined events athletes typically peak in their late 20's. Below is a summary of the physical requirements for the decathlon and heptathlon, also below are the physiques of some successful athletes.
DECATHLON - PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS 0=LOW, 10=HIGH
SUCCESSFUL ATHLETES
HEPTATHLON - PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS 0=LOW, 10=HIGH
SUCCESSFUL ATHLETES
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