The reigning world champion and current number 1 in the world rankings Leo Neugebauer will be traveling to Götzis from Germany for the second time. Niklas Kaul (GER), 2019 world champion and last year's ex-aequo third place finisher in Götzis together with Simon Ehammer, is also returning to the Mösle Stadium as an experienced decathlete. His younger sister, Emma Kaul (GER), will also be joining him for the first time. It will be her first time in the heptathlon in Götzis this year. The decathlon starting field from Germany will be completed by Manuel Eitel ,

Fred Isaac Fleurisson and Amadeus Gräber.

Sophie Weißenberg (GER) will celebrate her comeback in Götzis this year after a long injury break. The German heptathlete

German heptathlete is now training in the Netherlands and it can be assumed that Weißenberg - like several other heptathletes

heptathletes - will primarily be targeting the European Championship standard for Birmingham of 6320 points. With Sandrina Sprengel

Sandrina Sprengel, 7th in the current heptathlon world rankings, will also be competing in Götzis. Serina Riedel and Vanessa Grimm will complete the team of

five German athletes for the heptathlon in Götzis.

The Swiss team will be led in the decathlon by indoor world record holder Simon Ehammer. The man from Appenzell has

Appenzell native once again impressively demonstrated his all-around abilities at the world's top level in March at the World Indoor Championships in Torun (POL) by beating the 14-year-old world record set by Ashton Eaton (USA). It will be interesting to see what ambitions the Appenzeller has for the 2026 Hypomeeting Götzis. He is currently ranked fifth in the decathlon world rankings. The Swiss athlete will provide more insights into his goals for Götzis at the first Hypomeeting press conference on May 7.

With Andrin Huber and Finley Gaio, two other strong Swiss decathletes complete the line-up - both have shown consistent performances in recent years and are already experienced Götzis participants.

Annik Kälin leads the Swiss heptathlon starting field. The versatile athlete from Graubünden is ranked 10th in the

heptathlon world ranking (World Ranking) and 11th in the international long jump world ranking, she is one of the best international

all-around athletes and also long jumpers. If she manages a heptathlon in the range of her best performance at the end of May, she will definitely keep the competition for the podium on their toes in Götzis. With Sandra Röthlin (SUI) and Liana Trümpi (SUI), two other Swiss heptathletes will be traveling from the neighbourhood.

Enjoying sport together: Kids Athletics Challenge Final

There will also be a special highlight outside of the all-around competition: At the final of the Kids Athletics Challenge on Wednesday, May 27th

At the Garnmarkt in Götzis, 15 children with disabilities will be taking part in the final teams for the first time.

The children are part of the "WIR Am Kumma" association, which has set itself the task of providing children and young people with disabilities

to exercise, socialize and enjoy sport.

This is also the motto of the Kids Athletics Challenge, which is organized annually in cooperation with the Education Directorate of School Sport

Vorarlberg is organized.

This year, a total of 818 children from 19 primary school classes in Vorarlberg (including 409 children from the 1st/2nd grades and a further 409 children from the 3rd/4th grades) took part and submitted their results in advance. Eight of these primary school classes were taking part for the first time this year. Teams from the best classes, together with the children from the "WIR Am Kumma" association and some of the stars of the Hypomeeting

will complete various running, jumping and throwing exercises on the final afternoon of the Hypomeeting week (Wednesday, 27.05.).