he Commonwealth Video games 2022 is nicely underway in Birmingham, however there are nonetheless extra medals up for grabs earlier than the closing ceremony on Monday, August 8.
The 12-day sporting occasion kicked off with the opening ceremony on Thursday, July 28, with competitions going down throughout the West Midlands.
This 12 months, crew England gave one other sturdy effort on Tuesday throughout all sports activities, with the day topped by swimming famous person Adam Peaty, who battled again from a shock failure to grab the boys’s breaststroke 50m gold medal. Elsewhere, Jake Jarman received his fourth gold to date within the vault ultimate.
One of many fundamental occasions of the competitors is the heptathlon, and this 12 months Katarina Johnson-Thompson prolonged her lead on day two of the defence of her Commonwealth Video games title within the sport on Wednesday morning.
The 29-year-old had ended day one 109 factors away from Kate O’Connor after the Northern Irishwoman had a wonderful Tuesday.
However, what’s the heptathlon? Right here’s all the things you should know.
What’s the heptathlon?
A heptathlon is a monitor and area mixed occasions contest made up of seven occasions, and the title is derived from the Greek, hepta, which implies seven.
A competitor in a heptathlon is known as a heptathlete.
There are two heptathlons – the boys’s and the ladies’s heptathlon – composed of various occasions. The lads’s heptathlon is older and is held indoors, whereas the ladies’s is held outdoor and was launched within the Eighties, first showing within the Olympics in 1984.
What number of occasions are within the heptathlon and what are they?
As talked about beforehand, there are seven occasions within the heptathlon, however they differ for female and male athletes.
For feminine athletes, the competitors consists of a seven-event contest overlaying a spread of occasions throughout a two-day programme.
- 100m hurdles
- 200m
- 800m
- Excessive soar
- Lengthy soar
- Shot put
- Javelin throw
The opposite model is an indoor occasion, which is normally accomplished by males solely. The lads’s indoor heptathlon consists of the next occasions, with the primary 4 contested on the primary day, and the remaining three on day two:
- 60 metres
- Lengthy soar
- Shot put
- Excessive soar
- 60 metres hurdles
- Pole vault
- 1000 metres
