2021-06 Ratingen Women's Heptathlon
Georgia Ellenwood (CAN) won the women's heptathlon at Ratingen on 23 June 2021 with 6314 points, 90 above the personal best she set at Götzis in May of the same year. She took the lead in the last event of the seven.
| # | Athlete | Points | Behind | vs. PB series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia Ellenwood (CAN) | 6314 | +90 | |
| 2 | Odile Ahouanwanou (BEN) | 6274 | -40 | +64 |
| 3 | Verena Mayr (AUT) | 6254 | -60 | -337 |
| 4 | Vanessa Grimm (GER) | 6231 | -83 | -85 |
| 5 | Anna Maiwald (GER) | 6069 | -245 | -105 |
| 6 | Hanna Kasyanova (UKR) | 5812 | -502 | -774 |
| 7 | Janina Lange (GER) | 5729 | -585 | -101 |
| 8 | Mareike Arndt (GER) | 5672 | -642 | |
| 9 | Laura Voß (GER) | 5458 | -856 | -66 |
| 10 | Sophie Weißenberg (GER) | 5329 | -985 | -964 |
| 11 | Anna-Lena Obermaier (GER) | 5287 | -1027 | -428 |
| DNF | Louisa Grauvogel (GER) | |||
| DNF | Maria Huntington (FIN) | |||
| DNF | Paula De Boer (GER) | |||
| DNF | Isabel Mayer (GER) | |||
| DNF | Ivona Dadic (AUT) | |||
| DNF | Henriette Jæger (NOR) |
The 800m decided it. Maria Huntington (FIN) had led the first two events and Odile Ahouanwanou (BEN) the next four; Ahouanwanou went to the line on 5523 with 153 on Ellenwood, who was second. Ellenwood ran 2.11.45 for 944 points, Ahouanwanou 2.25.44 for 751, and the title changed hands by 40.
Ellenwood was seventh at the day break on 3626 and 16 above her own PB series, having taken 31 in the hurdles and given most of it back over the high jump, shot and 200m. Day 2 added 74. The long jump cost 18 and then 48.57 in the javelin for 832 points, 75 above her series mark, moved her from fifth to second. The 800m added 17 more, and she finished 90 above the series.
Ahouanwanou led from the shot put. She was first at the day break on 3830 and 52 above her PB series, with 15.79 in the shot for 914 points, 111 above the series mark and the largest single gain in the top five. Day 2 added 21 in the long jump and 25 in the javelin, taking her to 98 above the series with the lead at 153. The 800m cost 34 and the win. She finished 64 above the series.
Verena Mayr (AUT) came in with the best pre-competition PB in the field, 6591 set at Ratingen in June 2019, and finished 337 under the series behind it. She was sixth at the day break on 3669 and 173 under, having lost 50 in the high jump, 35 in the shot and 69 over 200m. Day 2 kept losing: 43 in the long jump, 48 in the javelin, 73 in the 800m. She took third on the last event, having been fifth after the javelin.
Vanessa Grimm (GER) finished 23 behind Mayr in fourth, and the 800m produced the margin. She went into it fourth and 9 ahead; Mayr ran 2.12.75 for 925 points, Grimm 2.14.96 for 893, and the places swapped. Grimm's own competition was 85 under her PB series, with 43 lost in the shot and 43 in the long jump.
Ivona Dadic (AUT), the third-ranked entrant on 6552 from Berlin in August 2018, was eighth on 2669 after the shot put and 159 under her own PB series, and did not start the 200m. Huntington, who led the hurdles and the high jump, stood third on 5362 after the javelin and 157 under her series, and did not start the 800m.
Two women beat their PB series, and both scored personal bests: Ellenwood by 90 and Ahouanwanou by 64, on the 6210 she scored in Doha in October 2019. Sophie Weißenberg (GER), tenth, finished 964 under her series and Hanna Kasyanova (UKR), the second-ranked entrant, sixth and 774 under.
Generated with AI, but not by AI.