How to Use heptathlon in a Sentence

heptathlon

noun
  • She won a gold medal in the heptathlon.
  • The girls complete the heptathlon with the long jump, javelin throw and the 800-meter run.
    — Al.com Reports, al, 16 May 2022
  • Men compete in decathlon, while the women’s multi-event is the heptathlon.
    — Adam Kilgore, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
  • In many ways, support for the decathlon and heptathlon is not trending in the right direction.
    — Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 27 July 2024
  • On the women’s side, Katie Conklin is in seventh in the heptathlon.
    — Ryan Horlen, idahostatesman, 1 May 2017
  • Jackie Joyner-Kersee’s world record in the heptathlon has stood for 31 years.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 10 July 2019
  • Nafissatou Thiam fights through an elbow injury to assume the world lead in the heptathlon.
    — oregonlive.com, 24 June 2019
  • The freshman also dominated the heptathlon and finished second in the long jump and third in the shot put.
    — Brent Kennedy, baltimoresun.com, 23 May 2021
  • Ford dominated the heptathlon both days finishing first in five of the seven events and fourth in the other two.
    — al, 17 May 2023
  • Joyner-Kersee joined her brother on the medals table, winning silver in the heptathlon.
    — Jazmine Thomas, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024
  • Next season, Schuller will compete for Stanford in both the vault and the seven-event heptathlon.
    — Lee Nichols, Dallas News, 14 May 2023
  • Nathan, a 2000 Olympian in the heptathlon, coached Irby at Pike.
    — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 29 July 2021
  • This season Iuel and the coaching staff decided to shelve the heptathlon and focus on the hurdles.
    — Scott Reid, Orange County Register, 29 Apr. 2017
  • The heptathlon isn't one of track and field's most glamorous events, but Hall appears destined to blossom into one of its stars.
    — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
  • Hall won her 800 — the seventh and final event in the two-day heptathlon — to win the title and make the Olympics.
    — Eddie Pells, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2024
  • Hall used to watch videos of Joyner-Kersee, who is considered the gold standard of the women’s heptathlon.
    — Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The heptathlon, which is made up of seven events, isn’t held in UIL competitions.
    — Dallas News, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Arkansas is on pace to score major points in the heptathlon today with the Razorbacks in the top four spots through four of seven events.
    — Bob Holt, arkansasonline.com, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Last season, Wells finished eighth in the heptathlon during the indoor season and tied for ninth in the high jump in the outdoor season.
    — Bob Narang, Lake County News-Sun, 16 Apr. 2018
  • Joyner-Kersee was impressed that Hall competed in the open 400-m hurdles race as well as the heptathlon.
    — Sean Gregory, TIME, 7 Aug. 2024
  • One of his cousins is Grete Sadeiko, who is training for the 2020 Summer Olympics in the heptathlon.
    — Bob Narang, chicagotribune.com, 14 June 2019
  • Redshirt junior Jonathan Wells has built his reputation for the Illinois men’s track team in the long jump, the high jump and the heptathlon.
    — Bob Narang, Lake County News-Sun, 16 Apr. 2018
  • The other 12 finals this weekend, along with the grueling heptathlon, remain as scheduled — all in the afternoon, all in the heat of the day.
    — Eddie Pells, ajc, 26 June 2021
  • The other 12 finals this weekend, along with the grueling heptathlon, remain as scheduled — all in the afternoon, all in the heat of the day.
    — Eddie Pells, Star Tribune, 25 June 2021
  • The evening session will see the finals of the women’s triple jump and women’s 1,500 meters, as well as the conclusion of the heptathlon.
    — oregonlive, 18 July 2022
  • The decathlon runs Wednesday and Thursday, and the heptathlon is set for Friday and Saturday.
    — oregonlive.com, 5 June 2019
  • In addition to the heptathlon, Feyerabend competes for the Aztecs in the open high jump and javelin, where she is ranked third in the Mountain West.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Sofia Cosculluela finished with 6,182 points in the heptathlon to win Washington's first championship in the event.
    — ABC News, 14 June 2026
  • Jenna Fee Feyerabend has secured a berth in the women’s heptathlon after winning the Mountain West title with a record score.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2026
  • Meanwhile, Oregon’s Max Vollmer finished sixth place in the heptathlon, setting personal bests in the long jump and shot put en route to 5,726 points.
    — oregonlive, 13 Mar. 2021

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