Switzerland\u2019s Simon Ehammer and Annik K\u00e4lin have been confirmed as the winners of the 2026 World Athletics Combined Events Tour, completing a historic Swiss double.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Both athletes had finished runner-up in the 2022 tour, but no Swiss athlete had previously topped either the men\u2019s or women\u2019s standings in the tour or its forerunner, the Combined Events Challenge, which dates back to 1998. This year, Ehammer and K\u00e4lin each won with the second-highest winning score ever recorded in their respective standings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Combined Events Tour counts each athlete\u2019s best three performances across the series and at major championships, converting them into result scores using World Athletics\u2019 scoring tables. Indoor and outdoor performances can count. Ehammer and K\u00e4lin each receive a US$30,000 prize as tour winners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ehammer opened his year by winning the world indoor heptathlon title in Toru\u0144 with a world record of 6670. He then won the decathlon at the Hypo Meeting in G\u00f6tzis with 8778, setting another Swiss record and producing the best first-day score in decathlon history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Neugebauer finished second in G\u00f6tzis with 8730, then won in Ratingen with 8573. He capped his season by claiming his first European title in Birmingham, scoring 8611 to hold off fellow German Niklas Kaul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
McMorris set a personal best of 8420 to win at the Mt SAC Relays. He increased that PB to 8599 in Talence, elevating him to third in the overall standings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
K\u00e4lin won the heptathlon in G\u00f6tzis with a Swiss record of 6726, then improved that mark to 6819 when winning in Ratingen. Her end-of-season total of 3653 is the second-highest winning score in the women\u2019s standings, behind Anna Hall-Slayton\u2019s 3781 in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Su\u0142ek-Schubert won her fourth heptathlon title at the Wies\u0142aw Czapiewski Memorial, setting a meeting record of 6449. The Polish record-holder showed some of her best form since returning to competition after giving birth in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two-time world indoor champion Vidts placed third in the standings after a consistent season that included scores of 6310 in G\u00f6tzis and 6329 in Talence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The top eight at the end of the season are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Decathlon<\/strong> Heptathlon<\/strong> Switzerland\u2019s Simon Ehammer and Annik K\u00e4lin have been confirmed as the winners of the 2026 World Athletics Combined<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[50,376,377],"class_list":["post-16143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsbeat","tag-athletics","tag-decathlon","tag-heptathlon"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
1 Simon Ehammer (SUI) 3703
2 Leo Neugebauer (GER) 3676
3 Hakim McMorris (USA) 3597
4 Heath Baldwin (USA) 3572
5 Makenson Gletty (FRA) 3550
6 Harrison Williams (USA) 3542
7 Jeff Tesselaar (NED) 3529
8 Karel Tilga (EST) 3517<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1 Annik K\u00e4lin (SUI) 3653
2 Adrianna Su\u0142ek-Schubert (POL) 3458
3 Noor Vidts (BEL) 3407
4 Sveva Gerevini (ITA) 3392
5 Beatri\u010d\u0117 Ju\u0161kevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117 (LTU) 3392
6 Anna-Elisabeth Ehlers (GER) 3378
7 Vanessa Grimm (GER) 3373
8 Szabina Sz\u0171cs (HUN) 3362<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"