2025-05 Götzis - Men's Decathlon

The competition

Sander Aae Skotheim (NOR) won the men's decathlon at Götzis with 8909 points, 274 above his own PB series and a personal best. The lead had already changed five times before he took it in the discus.

Ayden Owens-Delerme (PUR) led after the 100m, the shot and the 400m, Simon Ehammer (SUI) after the long jump and the hurdles, Kyle Garland (USA) after the high jump. Skotheim went ahead in the discus by 17 and won by 283. Third and fourth finished on the same score, 8575 each.

Skotheim was third at the day break on 4611 and 45 points above his series, having been above it in four of the five events. Day 2 was worth 4298 and 229 more: 49.18 in the discus for 62 above his series, then 5.10 in the pole vault for 941 points and 151 above it, the single largest gain of his competition and the one that turned a close meeting into a decided one. His 8909 beats the 8635 he scored at Rome in June 2024.

Kyle Garland was fourth overnight on 4585 and 75 under his series, and second from the discus to the finish. He took 61 points out of his series in that throw and gave 43 back in the hurdles, and the closing 1500m at 4:49.69 cost another 39. His 8626 is 94 short of the series that produced his best.

Niklas Kaul climbed further than anyone. He was thirty-first after the 100m and twenty-seventh after the long jump, thirteenth at the day break on 4257, and third at the end. His day 1 was 93 points above his series and his day 2 was 209 below it, mostly in the javelin, where 72.13 was 106 points less than his own series mark expects, and he still finished on 8575.

Simon Ehammer matched that score for fourth, 107 points above his series and a personal best over the 8468 he scored at Munich in August 2022.

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