A Belgian shot putter’s recent athletic effort is putting smiles on the faces of millions of people around the globe but it’s not because she excelled in her chosen sport. It’s because she ran in the hurdles to save her team from being disqualified....
so meets like the recent Indoor World Championships trend to skip the decathlon in favor of a heptathlon featuring the 60-meter dash, long jump, shot put, high jump, 60-meter hurdles, pole vault, and 1000-meter run. In