Torun, Poland, March 21, 2026 (AFP) - Switzerland's Ehammer sets indoor heptathlon world record

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2026-03-21

Switzerland's Simon Ehammer set a new world record for the men's heptathlon at the world indoor championships in Torun, Poland, on Saturday. The Swiss accrued a total of 6,670 points over seven events, beating the previous best of 6,645pts set by American Ashton Eaton at the 2012 world indoors in Istanbul. Over two days of competition, Ehammer topped the 60m (in 6.69sec), long jump (8.15m), 60m hurdles (7.52) and pole vault (5.30m) while also per......

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