| With him were his wife, Olga, an athlete who had also represented the Soviet Union in the pentathlon and heptathlon, and their two children. |
| Denise Lewis thought about dropping out of the heptathlon with two events remaining because of a foot injury. |
| Last year, she had two no-jumps in the long jump during the heptathlon at the World Athletics Championships. |
| The Briton has not competed in a heptathlon since her Sydney 2000 triumph, after taking time out for the birth of her daughter. |
| Olympic heptathlon champion Denise Lewis competed in the long jump in her bid to rediscover form and fitness ahead of Paris. |
| Seventeen-year-old Max Hall gained his first British title, competing in the under-20 men's heptathlon. |
