The 50th Hypomeeting anniversary from May 31 
to June 1, 2025 made history – both athletically and 
emotionally. In front of a record crowd of well over 
7,000 enthusiastic spectators per day, the athletes 
celebrated combined events in its most beautiful form
The spectators cheered the athletes to peak 
performances and the atmosphere in the Mösle 
Stadium reached its absolute peak at the anniversary 
edition.
In the decathlon, the young Norwegian Sander 
Skotheim impressively prevailed at the end of the two 
days of competition: with 8909 points, a new personal best and national record, he dominated 
the competition – as he had done several times this season – and secured an impressive victory 
at the anniversary Hypomeeting. Kyle Garland (USA) finished the competition in second place 
with 8626 points, while Simon Ehammer (SUI) and Niklas Kaul (GER) shared the third place 
with equally 8575 points – a thrilling duel that kept fans on the edge of their seats until the very 
last discipline.
Anna Hall (USA) made sporting history in the women‘s heptathlon: after a thrilling 800m race 
that had the entire stadium on its feet and cheering, she finished her heptathlon, which was 
also her comeback after her injury break, with an incredible 7032 points. Not only did she 
set a new meeting record, she also moved up to second place in the all-time world rankings 
behind Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA). The second-best heptathlon of all time – what a gift for 
the 50th anniversary of the Hypomeeting! But behind Anna Hall, Sofie Dokter (NED, 6576 
points) in second place and Martha Araujo (COL, 6475 points) in third place also shone bright 
this weekend, both with new personal bests and Araujo also with a new area record (South 
America).
The weather gods certainly played their part in this historic athletics weekend, providing 
fabulous weather for this combined events weekend – another gift for the organizers. Fans were also able to revel in nostalgia and athletics history with the “former” stars of the 
combined events scene, who had accepted the Hypomeeting‘s invitation to its 50th anniversary. 
Bryan Clay, Uwe Freimuth, Guido Kratschmer, Erki Nool, Michael Smith, Anke Behmer, Sabine 
Braun, Nataliya Dobrynska, Jane Frederick, Diane Jones-Konihowski, Denise Lewis, Ghada 
Shouaa, and even the two very first Hypomeeting winners, Petr Kratky and Burglinde Pollak, 
met again in Götzis for its 50th anniversary.
Numerous activities before and during the anniversary weekend – such as the new Hypomeeting 
song, the new edition of the Hypomeeting statistics book, artistic graffiti commemorating the 
50th anniversary in the underpass in front of the stadium, a flag parade at the start of the first 
day of competition, and a gala evening at the end of the weekend – rounded off the anniversary 
meeting in style.
The 50th Hypomeeting was an emotional firework – carried by records, passion, and an 
audience that made the fascination of combined events truly evident throughout the entire 
Hypomeeting week.