Kopecky breaks meeting record, Sulek-Schubert retains title in Naklo nad Notecia

Ondrej Kopecky set a meeting record to win the decathlon at the Wiesław Czapiewski Memorial this weekend (26-27), while Adrianna Sulek-Schubert completed a hat-trick of heptathlon wins at the World Athletics Combined Events Tour Gold event in the Polish town of Naklo nad Notecia.

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Czechia’s Kopecky scored 8254 points to triumph ahead of his compatriot Vilem Strasky, who set a PB of 8136. Estonia's Risto Lillemets finished third on 8107.

Poland’s Sulek-Schubert — who was coached by the late Wieslaw Czapiewski, in whose honour the meeting is held — followed her victories in 2022 and 2024 by scoring 6287 points to triumph for a third time. That score missed her own meeting record by just three points and secured her the title by 38 points ahead of Germany’s Vanessa Grimm. Austria's Verena Mayr was third on 6159.

Dutch athlete Sven Jansons took the early lead in the decathlon, topping the 100m in 10.64 and leaping 7.35m in a long jump won by India’s Tejaswin Shankar (7.57m). Kopecky clocked 11.14 before leaping 7.36m.

Kopecky moved from sixth to fourth after three events, throwing 14.35m in a shot put contest won by Rafał Horbowicz (15.55m). Finley Gaio took overall top spot at that point, ahead of Strasky, Jansons and Kopecky.